Zen Cart Catalogs and Products

• Zen Cart allows users to create a catalog in which to list products for sale. Within the catalog, databases track information related to each product listed, including price, size and other options. Through the catalog, users can specify options unique to each product and establish values such as color, size or weight that are displayed through options such as drop-down menus and check boxes.
  
  

Product Types

• The Product Types System, expressed by Zen Cart's database as PRODUCT_TYPES, includes eight fields that allow users to define such parameters as product names, product identification, date that product information is modified and cart-adding options. The system tracks information related to products already listed in the catalog; new products must be added through the New Products option in the catalog before these fields can be defined.
  
  

Product Types Layout

• The Product Types Layout table, expressed as PRODUCT_TYPES_LAYOUT, allows users to configure which elements pertaining to product identification are displayed and how they are shown. Fields in Product Types Layout include type, title, description and date added, as well as other options for identifying products and their functions. This database also includes options for adding product images and other identifying information.
  
  

Filter Sideboxes

• Grouped with features of the Product Types System, the Filter Sidebox feature, expressed as GET_TERMS_TO_FILTER, handles sideboxes that filter product lists based on user-defined variables such as manufacturer, model or year. Filter Sidebox uses information from all product databases to return search results from these parameters and works with other features such as Add To Cart to enable shopping.