Adding 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.

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 in the admin section of your web site. Below is a list of the files you can edit and which page they change, most are self explanitory. Make sure you have HTMLarea selected as your Text Editor if you do not know html.

• 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. Conditions can range from one to two sentences to multiple paragraphs of legal speak. Research your competitors and write your Terms & Conditions policy to suit your needs.
• 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. I advise not using this file because it is difficult to change the name of the file. 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. I advise not using this file because it is difficult to change the name of the file. 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 3. NOTE: Also turn off sideboxes/more_information.php on the Tools --> Layout Box Controller page of the admin area of your site.
• define_page4.php: An additional information page provided by zen cart. I advise not using this file because it is difficult to change the name of the file. 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 4. NOTE: Also turn off sideboxes/more_information.php on the Tools --> Layout Box Controller page of the admin area of your site.
• 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.

You may want to add more personalized informational pages to your web site such as About Us, 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!