Recently I decided to change the way categories are displayed on my gifts website and, with an FTP client, removed the files that run BetterCategories.
Unfortunately Zen Cart would only display a white blank page and return a 500 error. I knew the server was working as this blog and my images were being served correctly [...]
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Do you need to add more pages to Zen-cart to customise for your own use?
E-Z pages are useful but take up space in your database so instead I prefer to simply add new pages that would have the url as page_4, page_5 etc. Using this method it is also easy to create titles and descriptions [...]
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Earlier I commented on the fix for PayPal Express and Zen Cart but unfortunately it broke again. I asked PayPal to investigate as it looked as if the wrong country code was being passed - they were helpful but did not find a problem so it was back to the shopping cart php code.
Customers could [...]
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Zen cart occasionally returns PayPal Pro code 7 error for Maestro payments. This indicates either an issue number or start date is required. Often customers are unable to enter a start date and if the issue number is left blank the payment will fail.
Switch is now known as Maestro yet banks issue cards in both [...]
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I admit I have neglected my websites look recently and decided it was time for a spring clean. A fresh new look and some SEO love.
There are thousands of web pages dedicated to web design and SEO, here are some worth looking at:
For choosing colour palates I use this scheme chooser and colour scheme generator. [...]
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I wanted to adjust the Zen Cart customer sign up to make it more straightforward and not to collect information that would not be used. After all, potential customers can be wary of giving out personal information are are suspicious when fields are asked for that are not strictly required for an on-line transaction for [...]
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I found another couple of things to do with Zen Cart today – one minor and one major:
First the minor – X Sell module.
I like this module. It allows upselling and should display other products people may like to buy with the text ‘We also recommend’ but instead displayed ‘TEXT_XSELL_PRODUCTS’.
Of course, I had not [...]
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I considered for some time reasons for starting this, mainly focusing on time, commitment and content and have finally been motivated to get on and do it by reading the posts on the UK Business Forums so thanks to all the contributors there.
My blog will cover three main areas:
AllGiftsDirect news, products launches, promotions, discounts and [...]
