Show Flags

Changing the behavior of your cart from the admin

To allow users to modify the appearance of their cart without modifying core files (or indeed, any code file), a series of flags are provided in admin whose names begin with SHOW_.

configuration_key configuration_title configuration_group_id Admin Page
SHOW_COUNTS Show Category Counts 1 Configuration > My Store
SHOW_COUNTS_ADMIN Show Category Counts - Admin 1
SHOW_VERSION_UPDATE_IN_HEADER Show if version update available 1
SHOW_CATEGORY_PRODUCTS_LINKED_STATUS Show linked status for categories 1
SHOW_SPLIT_TAX_CHECKOUT Show Split Tax Lines 1
SHOW_NEW_PRODUCTS_LIMIT New Product Listing - Limited to … 3 Configuration > Min Values
SHOW_CREATE_ACCOUNT_DEFAULT_COUNTRY Create Account Default Country ID 5
SHOW_SHIPPING_ESTIMATOR_BUTTON Shipping Estimator Display Settings for Shopping Cart 7 Configuration > Shipping
SHOW_PRODUCTS_SOLD_OUT Products status in Catalog when out of stock should be set to 9 Configuration > Stock
SHOW_SHOPPING_CART_EMPTY_FEATURED_PRODUCTS Show Featured Products on empty Shopping Cart Page 9
SHOW_SHOPPING_CART_EMPTY_NEW_PRODUCTS Show New Products on empty Shopping Cart Page 9
SHOW_SHOPPING_CART_COMBINED Show Notice of Combining Shopping Cart on Login 9
SHOW_SHOPPING_CART_DELETE Show Shopping Cart - Delete Checkboxes or Delete Button 9
SHOW_SHOPPING_CART_UPDATE Show Shopping Cart - Update Cart Button Location 9
SHOW_PRODUCTS_SOLD_OUT_IMAGE Show Sold Out Image in place of Add to Cart 9
SHOW_SHOPPING_CART_EMPTY_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS Show Special Products on empty Shopping Cart Page 9
SHOW_SHOPPING_CART_EMPTY_UPCOMING Show Upcoming Products on empty Shopping Cart Page 9
SHOW_NEWSLETTER_UNSUBSCRIBE_LINK Display “Newsletter Unsubscribe” Link? 12 Configuration > Email
SHOW_ACCEPTED_CREDIT_CARDS Credit Card Enabled - Show on Payment 17 Configuration > Credit Cards
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_COLUMNS_ALSO_PURCHASED_PRODUCTS Also Purchased Products Columns per Row 18 Configuration > Product Info
SHOW_PREVIOUS_NEXT_IMAGES Previous Next - Button and Image Settings 18
SHOW_PREVIOUS_NEXT_STATUS Previous Next - Button and Image Status 18
SHOW_SALE_DISCOUNT Product Info - Show Sales Discount Savings Dollars or Percentage 18
SHOW_SALE_DISCOUNT_DECIMALS Product Info - Show Sales Discount Savings Percentage Decimals 18
SHOW_SALE_DISCOUNT_STATUS Product Info - Show Sales Discount Savings Status 18
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET_ALL Banner Display Group - Side Box banner_box_all 19 Configuration > Layout Settings
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET4 Banner Display Groups - Footer Position 1 19
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET5 Banner Display Groups - Footer Position 2 19
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET6 Banner Display Groups - Footer Position 3 19
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET1 Banner Display Groups - Header Position 1 19
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 Banner Display Groups - Header Position 2 19
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET3 Banner Display Groups - Header Position 3 19
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET7 Banner Display Groups - Side Box banner_box 19
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET8 Banner Display Groups - Side Box banner_box2 19
SHOW_CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_ALWAYS Categories - Always Open to Show SubCategories 19
SHOW_CATEGORIES_ALWAYS Categories - Always Show on Main Page 19
SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_FEATURED_PRODUCTS Categories Box - Show Featured Products Link 19
SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_ALL Categories Box - Show Products All Link 19
SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_NEW Categories Box - Show Products New Link 19
SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_SPECIALS Categories Box - Show Specials Link 19
SHOW_CATEGORIES_SEPARATOR_LINK Categories Separator between links Status 19
SHOW_CUSTOMER_GREETING Customer Greeting - Show on Index Page 19
SHOW_FOOTER_IP Footer - Show IP Address status 19
SHOW_TOTALS_IN_CART Shopping Cart - Show Totals 19
SHOW_SHOPPING_CART_BOX_STATUS Shopping Cart Box Status 19
SHOW_ACCOUNT_LINKS_ON_SITE_MAP Site Map - include My Account Links? 19
SHOW_NEW_PRODUCTS_UPCOMING_MASKED Mask Upcoming Products from being included as New Products 21 Configuration > New Listing
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_COLUMNS_FEATURED_PRODUCTS Featured Products Columns per Row 24 Configuration > Index Listing
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_ALL_PRODUCTS Filter Product Listing for Current Top Level Category When Enabled 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_COLUMNS_NEW_PRODUCTS New Products Columns per Row 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_LISTING_BELOW_FEATURED_PRODUCTS Show Featured Products - below Product Listing 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_FEATURED_PRODUCTS Show Featured Products on Main Page 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_CATEGORY_FEATURED_PRODUCTS Show Featured Products on Main Page - Category with SubCategories 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MISSING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS Show Featured Products on Main Page - Errors and Missing Products Page 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_LISTING_BELOW_NEW_PRODUCTS Show New Products - below Product Listing 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_NEW_PRODUCTS Show New Products on Main Page 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_CATEGORY_NEW_PRODUCTS Show New Products on Main Page - Category with SubCategories 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MISSING_NEW_PRODUCTS Show New Products on Main Page - Errors and Missing Products Page 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_LISTING_BELOW_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS Show Special Products - below Product Listing 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS Show Special Products on Main Page 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_CATEGORY_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS Show Special Products on Main Page - Category with SubCategories 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MISSING_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS Show Special Products on Main Page - Errors and Missing Products Page 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_LISTING_BELOW_UPCOMING Show Upcoming Products - below Product Listing 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_UPCOMING Show Upcoming Products on Main Page 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_CATEGORY_UPCOMING Show Upcoming Products on Main Page - Category with SubCategories 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MISSING_UPCOMING Show Upcoming Products on Main Page - Errors and Missing Products Page 24
SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_COLUMNS_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS Special Products Columns per Row 24



Still have questions? Use the Search box in the upper right, or try the full list of FAQs. If you can't find it there, head over to the Zen Cart support forum and ask there in the appropriate subforum. In your post, please include your Zen Cart and PHP versions, and a link to your site.

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 May 2, 2022 by Scott C Wilson (d414e80).