<strong>Customization mode not working?</strong><br><em>Short answer:</em> There's a problem with CS-Cart's login system!<br><strong>Instructions</strong> (for CS-Cart 3.0.1)<br><a href="https://cdn.joejiko.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/design-nav.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1118" title="design-nav" src="https://cdn.joejiko.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/design-nav.jpg" alt="" width="214" height="284" /></a><br>1) Switch to <em>customization mode</em> by going to the <strong>admin panel</strong> (default admin.php) and selecting <em>design > design mode</em> from the top nav.<br><a href="https://cdn.joejiko.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/enable-customization.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1119" title="enable-customization" src="https://cdn.joejiko.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/enable-customization.jpg" alt="" width="282" height="121" /></a><br>2) click the "enable customization mode" button<br><a href="https://cdn.joejiko.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/view-storefront-link.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1122" title="view-storefront-link" src="https://cdn.joejiko.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/view-storefront-link.jpg" alt="" width="351" height="138" /></a><br>3) follow the link "View STOREFRONT in customization mode."<br><a href="https://cdn.joejiko.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/my-account.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1120" title="my-account" src="https://cdn.joejiko.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/my-account.jpg" alt="" width="126" height="43" /></a><a href="https://cdn.joejiko.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sign-in1.jpg"><br><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1125" title="sign-in" src="https://cdn.joejiko.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sign-in1.jpg" alt="" width="221" height="313" /></a><br>4) you'll see your store front.. with NO customization hints. Login again with your admin user/password.<br><strong>done.</strong><br><a href="https://cdn.joejiko.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/design-hints.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1126" title="design-hints" src="https://cdn.joejiko.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/design-hints.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="74" /></a><br>You should now see little icons with tool tips pointing to relative templates when you hover them.<br>I decided to post this because I wasted a load of time trying to solve it.<br>Since my company decided to dedicate ourselves to using CS-Cart on client sites instead of Magento, I have been increasingly frustrated at the lack of good developer documentation in my struggle to familiarize myself with the system.<br>Hopefully these instructions will prevent someone else from wasting their time as I did.<br><strong>If this helped you.. please leave your comments below :)</strong>