Zen Cart Advanced Preferences

Advanced preferences options has three sections.

  1. Database section allows you to:
    • Run database compatibility test on startup.
    • Use My SQL protocol compression.
    • Set table prefix. All tables with your data will have such prefix. If you have several Stores this option will be useful for you.
    • Write detailed SQL log. This option will save SQL log files for you.
    • StrikeOut out of stock products.
    • Close all windows when reconnecting to another store.
    • Show preferences on startup.&
    • Specify Reports directory.
    • Specify additional server parameters. 
  2. Notifications section allows you to:
    • Enable/Disable whether to Notify that new updates are available.
    • Enable/Disable whether new order notifications.
    • Set last order ID.
  3. Miscellaneous section allows you to:
    • Show or hide left-bottom banner.
    • Show tips and tricks on start-up.
    • Enable/Disable WYSIWYG HTML editors.
    • Store URL. It can be the same as database host.
    • Enable/Disable whether to reset layout settings when new version installed (Recommended).

We recommend you to read our full updated documentation for Store Manager for Zen Cart here