Joomla! setup

SEF URLs

Cartage relies on SEF URLs to work. Specifically, it requires a link to cartage.html, which is the SEF URL for the main Cartage menu item.

These instructions detail how to set up SEF URLs, using the default Joomla! SEO tools.

Domain name

Unless it is otherwise specified, users can access your site through 2 ways, http://mysite.com or http://www.mysite.com. This causes problems with Cartage, as we license the product to one domain only. You will need to ensure that all visitors to your site are directed to the correct domain name.

This allows you to ensure that Zen Cart™ and Joomla! will always have the same domain, eliminating future potential errors with Javascript. It also helps your SEO, as only 1 domain will be indexed.

Please follow the Using one domain name only FAQ to ensure your site has the correct domain name.

Community Builder

To enable you to synchronise user accounts, you need to install this component and our plugin for it. If you are creating a brand new site, and users will only ever create accounts and login via Zen Cart™, then you can choose not to install Community Builder.

We recommend quite highly running through the basic Joomla! tests, to ensure that everything is set up and ready to go before Cartage is installed. This will greatly assist troubleshooting, and in most cases means it won't be required.