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Here are the steps to add featured products to your website. It’s best to add 3 to 6 products. If you feature too many products then the message will get lost.

1. To add a featured product

- Navigate to Catalog -> Featured Products
- Click the New Product button
- Select the Product from the dropdown box 
  
- Select the Available Date and Expriy Date (Note: The date ranges selected are the dates that the product will display in the featured products box. Once the date range is over, the product will no longer display in the featured products section)
- Click the insert button

2. Edit a product

To edit a product, click the e icon  in the Action column.

3. Delete a product

To delete a product, click the x icon  in the Action column.

Adding or editing informational content to your zen cart store is really quite easy!  But just like everything else with Zen Cart, you have to know where to make the changes.

How to Edit Pages in Zen Cart’s Define Pages Editor

Zen Cart comes with multiple information pages pre-installed which are viewable via the “Information” sidebox.

To edit these pages
- navigate to Tools –> Define Pages Editor
- select HTMLarea as your Text Editor if you do not know html
- select a file to edit in the dropdown list

Note: the following buttons might come in handy when editing your page:
- : Toggle html source, this button will show the html code
- : Enlarge editor, this button will enlarge the screen, which makes it easier to edit

Below is a list of the files you can edit and which page they change, most are self explanatory. 

• define_checkout_success.php:  The page customers see when they have completed placing an order.
• define_conditions.php:  Terms and Conditions for using your web site.
• define_contact_us.php: Changes to this file will add text above the Contact Us form that comes standard with zen cart.
• define_discount_coupon.php: Text to help customers search for available discount coupons.
• define_mainpage.php: This is your home page text.
• define_page2.php: An additional information page provided by zen cart. To turn off the file so that it is not viewable from the front end of your site go to Configuration –> Define Pages Status in the admin and check option 3 for Define Page 2. NOTE: Also turn off sideboxes/more_information.php on the Tools –> Layout Box Controller page of the admin area of your site.
• define_page3.php: An additional information page provided by zen cart.
• define_page4.php: An additional information page provided by zen cart.
• define_page_not_found.php: Zen Cart will automatically show the site map if a visitor tries to access a page that is no longer available. Changing this text will add a message above the site map links.
• define_privacy.php: A word about your privacy policy.
• define_shippinginfo.php: A word about your shipping rates and return policy.
• define_site_map.php: A few words to place above your site map links.

How To Edit Zen Cart EZ Pages

You may want to add more personalized informational pages to your web site such as Schedule of Events, Press, etc.
To accomplish this, Zen Cart has provided the ezPages section.

• Navigate to Tools –> EZ-Pages in the admin panel.
• Click on the “New File” button
• Fill in the Page Title.
• Select whether the page will open in a new window and if the page needs to be secure (SSL).
• The next section determines which area of the layout the link will appear. Select Header, Sidebox, or Footer and assign a sort order. This number must be 1 or higher, the links will appear in the order you assign here. Pages with the same sort order number will appear alphabetically.
• Enter your content in the box provided.
• There may be instances where you want another page to appear with the EZ Pages. For example, when I design web sites I like to have a site map and privacy link in the footer section. The text for these pages has already been defined in the Define Languages Editor (see section above). If this is the case, do not enter any text in the box provided, instead enter the url of the page in the Internal Link URL box. The link to add for the site map is index.php?main_page=site_map The link to add for a copy of the privacy page is index.php?main_page=privacy If you would like to add a copy of another page to the EZ Pages section, navigate to that page on the front end of your web site and copy the text after the .com/ of the web address.
• Click on the Insert button

NOTE: If you want your EZ Pages to appear in a sidebox, make sure that sideboxes/ezpages.php is turned on and assigned a value in the Tools –> Layout Boxes Controller section of your admin panel.

Your web site is now looking good!

You can find the download and installation information for this plugin here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/frontpage-slideshow/

Usage

As an articles slideshow to present featured posts.  It displays the featured image, the title and the excerpt (if you choose to display them)

Editing slideshow Appearance

• Go to the plugin’s administration page

• Configure the slideshow as you want it and click Save the settings and apply them immediatly
• Copy the shortcode under the preview

• And paste the shortcode in the file where you want the slideshow to appear (for this you need to know how to edit and upload webpages)

Editing slideshow content

You can include up to 5 POSTS (not pages) in the slideshow.
I created a category called “Slideshow” and in the slideshow settings (see above), I made sure the slideshow only displays post that are filed under this category.
The image that is displayed is the “featured image” of that post. (this is not by default if you install the plugin, but I used the following hack: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-frontpage-slideshow-i-hacked-this-to-use-the-featured-image)
The title that displays (if you chose to have it displayed), is the title of that post.
The discription that displays (if you chose to have it displayed), is the excerpt of that post.

   1. To include a post

• Go to the admin panel, click Posts
• find the post you want to include, click  quick edit and  just file the post in the category “Slideshow” (check the box)

   2. To exclude a post

• Go to the admin panel, click Posts
• display only the post in the category “slideshow” ( choose “slideshow” in the dropdown box “View all categories” and click “Filter”) 
• find the post you want to exclude, click  quick edit and  just unfile the post in the category “Slideshow” (uncheck the box)

    3. Set featured image

• First prepare your featured image and save locally
  in my example, the picture needs to be square (or it will be cropped)
  the picture needs to be 394pixels x 394pixels (or it will be cropped)
• Go to the admin panel, click Posts
• In the list of posts, find the post you want to edit and click Edit
• In the sidebar on the right (scroll down), click “set featured image”

• Click “select files” if you want to upload your locally saved picture, browse to the picture and click open
  (or click “from media library” if the picture was already uploaded and used in the post)
• Click “use this image as featured image”

• Close the window and update the post

    4. Change featured image

• Go to the admin panel, click Posts
• In the list of posts, find the post you want to edit and click Edit
• In the sidebar on the right (scroll down), click “remove featured image”
• Proceed as explained above

NOTES

• Make sure that every post you write has a “featured image” (this will be used as thumbnail for the post all over the site)
• and an excerpt (this is the short description of your post),
  to edit the excerpt, in the write post panel, scroll down until you see the box to insert the excerpt.

Finally! A complete Web Authoring System for Linux desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver. Nvu (which stands for “new view”) makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML.

Here’s the link to the pdf tutorial.

FAR-designs is an interior design company facilitating international moves to Vienna, Austria. Their mission is to facilitate your transition to Vienna and make your new home ready to move in.

Project – This client requested a web design for a new company. They wanted the new website to be stylish, sleek and easy to navigate.  It needed to be informative and it needed space to grow along with their business, so that they can add pages and portfolio later.  A+ Web Design also created a new custom logo.

Visit this website at  www.far-designs.com.

A+ design made our website in a very professional way and within our tight timeframe. Annick has excellent ideas and is very creative.

We especially appreciated her ability to put these wonderful ideas together with our needs into an understandable and appealing website. We got very positive feedback from international people.

Also taking a computer class Annick organized in United States was a real pleasure. Because of her pragmatic thinking and calm explanation skills we all learned a lot about web designing. We think Annick is a passionate speaker, open for discussion. In her very organized way she inspires many people. We recommend A+ design and Annick to you without reservation.

- Renild Van Heukelom and Anelise Fuchs, owners of F.A.R. Designs

Manage future events as an online calendar. Display upcoming events in a dynamic calendar, on a listings page, or as a list in the sidebar. Choose one WordPress category as the ‘event’ category, and then add posts for dates in the future. Add the calendar or event list functions to your template, or just use the ‘Event Category’ page to list your forthcoming events.

Download the plugin Event calender 3.

1. Change settings

Change settings on the ‘Plugins > Event Calendar’ options screen.

You must choose which WordPress category to use for events. (Viewing the options screen for the first time also sets up the database, and upgrades events from older versions of EventCalendar.)

2. Add the Event Calendar or Upcoming Events list to your sidebar

If you use the WordPress Widgets, then the Event Calendar is available as an easy to install widget. In order to use it you must first activate the “Event Calendar Widget” plugin.

Otherwise, you need to make a small adition to your template. Add the following code to your sidebar.php:

Event Calendar:

     <li>
          <?php ec3_get_calendar(); ?>
     </li>

Upcoming Events:

     <li>Events
          <?php ec3_get_events(5); ?>
     </li>

If you are using an older template, then you should check that your HTML header contains the following tag: <?php wp_head(); ?>

3. How to add an event

The Paris House Boutique offers a collection of antiques, furnishings, fabrics, clothes, jewelry, dishes and a vast selection of accessories from around the World.

Project – A+ Web Design had already created a website/blog combo for The Paris House, but this client also requested a boutique where she could sell her products online. The boutique is created with Zencart.  All payments can be made with PayPal.

Visit this website at www.theparishouse.com/shop.

Annick is the creative genius who owns A+ Web Design. Her company usually knows what I want and am looking for before I even do and she makes it happen quickly and at very competitive affordable rates. Annick’s patience and creativity have been crucial in taking the past 44 years of my life’s work and putting it into the most gorgeous website, blog and boutique I could have ever hoped for.

Even when she is out of the country and I have a business ‘crisis’ she is there for me, helping me immediately. I have learned so much by working along side her over the past couple years, I value A+ Web Design’s input very much. I really don’t know how she ‘sees’ into my head to know exactly what I am thinking, but she does and then makes my thoughts and dreams into a reality on my website.

Thanks to Annick The Paris House Designs is a magical place where I run my creative lifestyle business.

Cultural Preservation & Restoration, Inc. (CPR) specializes in a wide range of conservation and museum services including conservation treatment, stabilization, reconstruction, object analysis, restoration, mount making, and exhibit design..

Project – This client requested a new design for their existing website. They wanted the new website to be elegant, easy to update and they wanted to be able to showcase their projects.

Visit this website at www.cprconservation.com.

MoPromotion offers a wide variety of premiums, gifts and promotion articles. The company is based in Boom, Belgium. 

Project - The company was looking for an elegant and simple website, where they could showcase their different catalogues to their clients.

Visit this website at www.mopromotion.be.

We were lucky to encounter Annick in our search for a budgetfriendly, but original website solution. We couldn’t afford to spend 2000+ dollars and we wanted to make up for it by keeping it as simple, effective and nice as possible. After checking her portfolio, we were surprised by the low price she offered us for the requested 6-page design. In comparison to the website suppliers we contacted in Europe, it wasn’t hard to choose which was the better option for us. Annick is unbeatable on that account.

And so we engaged on an overseas email-communication, of which we weren’t sure it would work out well since there was no direct face-to-face contact. I confess that I’m quite demanding in a creative process, but Annick was perceptive and flexible, suggesting a lot of ideas herself next to the one’s we proposed. At the end we came up with this final retro-design which met our expectations. Through creativity and patience, Annick manages to go along with an idea and give it a personal touch. We’re a fan of her work and we would recommend her to anyone looking for a small personal or business website.

Thanks, Annick