File Organization

The files in our shop will be organized like this :

The plaincart/library directory contain :

• config.php : this is the main configuration file for our shop
• category-functions.php :functions required for fetching the categories
• product-functions.php : contain product related functions
• cart-functions.php : shopping cart specific functions
• checkout-functions.php : checkout processes are in here
• common.php : common functions required for the shop and admin pages
• database.php : contain the database abstraction functions

The plaincart/include contain :

• header.php
  The shop common header.
  
  
• top.php
  You can place your shop banner here.
  
  
• footer.php
  Common footer, display the shop address, phone number and email. You can add more information here when needed.
  
  
• shop.css
  Style sheet file for our shop
  
  
• leftNav.php
  The left navigation you see on the shop
  
  
• categoryList.php
  Show the top categories we have
  
  
• productList.php
  Show the products in certain category
  
  
• productDetail.php
  You know what this is for, right ?
  
  
• miniCart.php
  Shown on the right portion of the shop pages, it shows the products in the shoping cart.
  
  
• shippingAndPaymentInfo.php
  The form to enter shipping and payment info ( step 1 of checkout )
  
  
• checkoutConfirmation.php
  Show the order items, shipping & payment info ( step 2 of checkout )
  
  

The plaincart/include/paypal directory contain :

• paypal.inc.php
  The configuration file for the paypal payment module
  
  
• ipn.php
  The script that process payment verification
  
  
• payment.php
  Contain the form that submit the payment information from this website to paypal website

The plaincart/admin folder will contain all the admin files.You can see that admin folder also contain include and library folder. These will contain specific library files for the admin pages

All images required in our shop will be put in plaincart/images directory. The category and product images are put in the category and product sub-folder respectively.