Site Specific Overrides

More ways to customize your cart’s behavior without modifying core files

Starting in Zen Cart 1.5.8, a file called includes/extra_datafiles/dist-site_specific_overrides.php is provided.

Copy this file to

includes/extra_datafiles/site_specific_overrides.php

and customize to taste.

The following behaviors can be enabled or disabled by this file:

  • displaying the Brands page link in the Information sidebox
  • displaying the About Us link in the Information sidebox

Example: turn on the Brands page link in the Information sidebox:

$flag_show_brand_sidebox_link = true;

Information on the admin site-specific overrides file is also available.



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Is there an error or omission on this page? Please post to General Questions on the support forum. Or, if you'd like to open a pull request, just review the guidelines and get started. You can even PR right here.
Last modified January 1, 0001