Zen Cart™ setup

How to setup Zen Cart™, to work with both Joomla! and Cartage

Installation

Zen Cart™ must be installed in a sub-directory of Joomla! e.g. www.myjoomla.com/myzencart or http://www.mysite.com/myjoomla/myzencart. Any other configuration will not work, including but not limited to installing Zen Cart™ into a sub-sub-directory.

In addition, Zen Cart™ database tables must use the same database as Joomla!. It is recommended that a table prefix of zen_ is used.

For the quickest setup time, name the sub-directory 'shop'.

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.