e-Commerce-Pros Files

Please note that this software is a plugin for Zen-Cart and is not useable without Zen-Cart.com
You can see ecp_Content in action here:
http://e-commerce-pros.com

readme for ecp_Content v1.5
Now has a complete commenting system plus admin control for these.

I'm also writing a plugin to work together with ecp_Content to integrate with PayPal for member subscriptions, see my website for more information on this. Please see the end of this document for the Member Only Content instructions.

What ecp_Content does:
It's a Zen_cart plugin to facilitate the generation, integration and presentation of content as well as user generated content using existing Zen-Cart functionality as much as possible such as EZ-Pages but also integrates products and product reviews into the news and blog pages. The system is written in a way that the type of content is fully flexible however the core parts of this are the presentation of news, About Us, Buying Guides, Testimonials, FAQs etc, a blog and a user comment system.
It also enhances EZ-Pages with meta tags and the measuring of clicks for each EZ-Page to allow ranking by popularity.
It also includes member only content and all categories and pages are displayed as a Content Tree in ZC admin to make the whole content management of your site as intuitive as possible.

No core, or for that matter any files will be over written in the process of this installation, however some templates files will need to be edited by you.
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Installation procedure
There are 4 steps:
1. uploading the new files
2. editing tpl_footer.php and tpl_page_default.php
3. running a database upgrade and
4. updating the configuration in ZC to your requirements
once this has been done you can start using the plugging to manage and display your content. Below are details on hoe to perform each step.
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Upload files
1. un-zip ecp_content-1-5.zip
2. open the folder catalogue and rename folder admin to the name of your admin folder (eg zc_admin)
3. goto catalogue/includes/templates and rename your-template-name to your template name (this will be classic if you're using the standard ZC template)
4. now FTP all files to your ZC root folder in your webserver while keeping the existing file structure
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File edits:
On your webserver find from your ZC root
includes/templates/<your-template>/common/tpl_footer.php
and insert just after the <?php starting in line 2:
// bof ecp_Content count ez-page clicks
include_once(ECP_PATH.'includes/inc_page_clicks.php');
// eof ecp_Content

Now open in the same folder tpl_page_default.php and add these lines right at the end after the </div>:
<!-- bof ecp_Content include user comments -->
<?php include_once(ECP_PATH.'includes/inc_comments.php'); ?>
<!-- eof ecp_Content include user comments -->

by the way if you can't find this file in your template folder than simply copy it from the template_default folder
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Database upgrade:
open the file ecp_content.sql and copy and paste the complete contents of the file into the SQL Patch window, ZC admin > Tools > Install SQL Patches

This SQL code will install the additional database tables required and the configuration information for ecp_Content.
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To get started after the install is complete:
1. Goto ZC admin > ecp_Content, review and edit groups to your requirements
2. Create EZ-Pages, or edit existing pages and allocate relevant chapter numbers
3. Be sure to activate ecp_Content if not done yet (ZC admin > Config > ecp_Content > Installed = true
4. Activate the Categories Sidebox to show all content categories (ZC admin > Tools > Sidebox layout Controller) and or
5. place links to the relevant pages on your site
use links as follows:
http://your-domain.com/index.php?main_page=ecp_content
-> this is the News Page
http://your-domain.com/index.php?main_page=ecp_content&CH=2
-> this is the blog page
http://your-domain.com/index.php?main_page=ecp_content&CH=3
-> will display the category of EZ-Pages with chapter number 3, use and chapter of your choice

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If you want to use Member Only Content
After having completed all the above steps you will need todo the following
1. Create two EZ-Pages with toc chapter 0:
  Become a Member - the page visitors will see if the click on members only links
  Pending Member - the page members will see if the click on members only links but have not been approved as yet
2. Set the two page IDs in ZC admin > configuration > ecp_Content
3. Create a category (ZC admin > Tools > ecp_Content) and set the public flag to 2 or 3 and chapter to the next number eg 5
4. Create your member only ez pages with chapter 5
5. edit zc root/includes/modules/pages/page/header_php.php and insert this right after the opening <?php
// bof ecp_Content check access for current ez page being requested
include_once(ECP_PATH.'includes/inc_check_page_access.php');
// eof ecp_Content
this bit of code ensures that pages are shown to those with the appropriate status.
Cool all done!

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Support:
You can report any bugs you find at Zen-Cart:
http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?199342-ecp_Content-Bug-reports-for-the-Content-Plugin
or you can visit my website for more info about other plug-ins and services we offer, including membership for e-commerce professionals like yourself:
http://e-commerce-pros.com