JooZen is based on Joomla 1.5.10 and Zen-Cart 1.3.8a.
Futures:
- Full integration. Same sessions, same login, same variales and more
- Full data integration
- Installation by 2 clicks using Joomla installer
- Access to Zen-Cart admin panel from Joomla Admin Panel
- PayPal pro, Express and Google Checkout by default
and more
Read more for full list of features.
Zen cart Key Featires:
- Allows customers to shop your store 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
- Easily keep your products/catalog updated - no HTML coding required to add, delete, or modify products. Works on the popular combination of PHP and MySQL technologies.
- User frontend is validated to XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
- Advanced template system using stylesheets and images.
- Switching from one installed template to another is as simple as a couple of clicks in the Admin.
- Merchandise Pricing options - single and multiple items can be put on sale. Sale options include percentage-off, fixed amount off, new price, etc. Sales can include or exclude product attributes. You can add or exclude a discount from a special. You can put a whole category or the entire store on sale.
- Products can be linked and/or copied to multiple categories.
- You can set requirements on a Quantity discounts can be configured per-product for varying pricing levels or quantity levels.
- Advanced attributes support.
- Store layout can be controlled in great detail simply by switching settings in the Admin area. Choose your side column and box widths, bread crumb separator, which sideboxes you want to appear where on the page, enable/disable links in various places.
- Entire categories of products (or individual products) can be enabled/disabled with just a few clicks.
- Sort order of products is easily controlled in the Admin area.
- If you need to take your site offline for a period of maintenance, you can do it easily by posting advance notices, as well as a friendly Down For Maintenance page that's also search engine friendly.
- Webmaster and web designer can specify IP addresses to override maintenance and still access the site for testing.
- You can send administrative emails on most customer shopping activities to various administrators as desired. Email addresses are protected from abuse, as they are not displayed on-screen.
- Multiple items can be added to the shopping cart by simply entering quantities and clicking Add.
- You can add multiple images to your products, in small/medium/large format. Popups are available if desired for viewing of larger images.
- Shipping options - multiple carriers are supported, including hold for pickup, free delivery in an area, and most major couriers and postal services.
- Search options allow you to search for products based on name, description, metatags, price, and more.
- Meta tags keywords and descriptions can be controlled at the per-product level, all from the administrative interface.
- Automatic detection of search engine spiders.
- Built in WYSIWYG page editor for modifying non-database pages.
- HTML-style email supported. Email can be sent via sendmail, smtp, or smtp-with-authorization.
- Shipping estimator allows your customer to get an idea of their shipping costs prior to checkout.
- Coupons and gift certificates are easily handled both by customers and administrators.
- Customer group pricing allows groups of users to receive a set discount amount at checkout.
- Newsletter and product notification systems.
- Shipping tare, large package handling to give fine-grain control over shipping services.
- Tax rates, tax zones, etc easily configured in the Admin area.
- PayPal™ IPN and many other populart merchant services supported.
- Customers can write product reviews (approvals can be required by an Administrator).
- Low stock notifications to administrator when inventory is getting low (level can be configured).
- Scalable from small shops to larger shops with hundreds of thousands of products.
- Track who's online interactively.
- Multiple language support.
- Multiple currency support.
