Plugin / Zen Cart for WordPress (zen4wp)

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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Having Zen Cart look up info in WordPress tables in a database Zen Cart already has access to is a world of difference from having to establish credentials and communication with a different database. The two table systems can be separated with prefixes if necessary; the capability is built into WordPress and Zen Cart.
Doesn’t matter which one you install first (Zen Cart or WordPress), but during the installation when you are asked for your database information you use the SAME database information for both. (DB name, DB Password, DB Username) You also need to make sure you are using a DB prefix for BOTH installs. For example in Zen Cart you could use zen_ and for WordPress you could use wp_.
The default Zen Cart database prefix is ‘ ‘ (i.e. none) and the default WordPress prefix is ‘wp_’. As long as the prefixes are DIFFERENT, you should be good-to-go! (YES they are “different” if you used the Zen Cart default of NONE and the WordPress default)
IN GENERAL you need WordPress in a subdirectory of Zen Cart OR Zen Cart in a sub-directory of WordPress. You don’t install them BOTH in the root of your domain.. Bottomline is this plugin works REGARDLESS as to which is in the root folder (WordPress or Zen Cart).
Zen Cart for WordPress (zen4wp) & WordPress for Zen Cart (wp4zen) isn’t going to change the look of Zen Cart or WordPress. The look and feel of Zen Cart is still controlled by the Zen Cart template and the look and feel of WordPress is still controlled by your WordPress theme. You WILL still need to modify your Zen Cart template to make it MATCH your WordPress site. (which is EXACTLY what was done for sites that are using Zen4WP – like http://www.eyeitalia.com) Zen Cart for WordPress (zen4wp) & WordPress for Zen Cart (wp4zen) are not theming or templating add-ons.. They are CONTENT add-ons. They will allow you to display Zen Cart products, reviews, testimonial, shopping cart, etc in your WordPress site. They will allow you to display your blogs post categories, recent posts or tag cloud widgets, etc in Zen Cart. What your WordPress site and Zen cart site LOOK like is still controlled by the respective WordPress theme and Zen Cart template. Making them LOOK alike is a LOT easier today than it has been historically. (As you can see on the http://www.eyeitalia.com site)
Simply put, no. Unlike other plugins, Zen Cart for WordPress (zen4wp) is not going to display a whole Zen Cart store inside WordPress. Zen Cart for WordPress (zen4wp) is NOT an embedding plugin (ALA WordPress on Zen Cart or other “blog embedding” solutions). Zen Cart for WordPress (zen4wp) allows you to display specific Zen Cart content on your WordPress site using a series of widgets (which can be displayed inside any WordPress sidebar) and shortcodes (which can be displayed inside any page or post or text widget).. Unlike embedding plugins, Zen Cart for WordPress (zen4wp) allows you to use the FULL power of WordPress and the FULL power of Zen Cart. This means that you will be able to use any plugin/module for Zen Cart or WordPress without limits (like having to implement some gnarly code just to get your Zen Cart module to work inside WordPress).
To learn more, go to http://zencart-wordpress-integration.com/

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4
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Details Information

Version

1.4.0

First Released

28 Jul, 2014

Total Downloads

3,557

Wordpress Version

3.5 or higher

Tested up to:

4.8.x

Require PHP Version:

-

Tags

zen cart zencart

Contributors

lat9 DivaVocals

Languages

The plugin hasn't been transalated in any language other than English.

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