Getting Started

This section covers the basics of CS-Cart development.

Main Rules

There are many ways how you can modify CS-Cart. But some ways can lead to various problems, like lost changes and bugs after the upgrade, as well as add-on incompatibility. To make the lives of users and other developers easier, we ask you to follow the rules outlined here:

Configuring the Environment

Before you start working on a project, you need to install CS-Cart, and you can’t do that without configuring the server. Learn about the possible ways to do it.

Configuring CS-Cart

CS-Cart has additional features for developers, which are disabled by default. Learn how to enable these features and why you should do it.

Debugging

Learn how to use debugging functions and debug AJAX.

Clearing the Cache

Cache makes pages load faster. However, when you work on a project, you want to see up-to-date pages instead of cached data. Learn about automatic and manual cache clearing.