Directory Structure of creating Add-on in CS-Cart (Part 1)

In this blog, we will learn about the cs-cart add-on.

Here is the link to the Cs-cart Guide.

wherefore, If you want to create your CS-Cart add-ons, at that time make sure to use this blog. It will be helpful for you.

Cs-Cart Folder Structure –

Here, we are going to describe the CS-Cart Add-on folder structure and how to reside the code under this folder structure.

Inside the Cs-Cart setup there 4 main folders for addon creation. These are app, design, var, and JS.

In app folder:-

we put the addon controllers, additional function file, and addon.xml file.

In design folder:-

we put the files for the backend view. It contains a frontend file for the view, while creating the addon structure we put frontend view files in the var folder as the theme repository.

In var folder:-

we put the ‘.po’ file for language and addon view files for the frontend in the theme repository.

In JS folder:-

we put JS files related to the addon if the addon needs that.

There is 3 type of folder structure:-
1. App folder structure
2. Design Folder structure
3. Var folder structure

If you need to add JS, there is a folder in the root directory with the js name. you can add your addon folder here. Create the js files in it.

Example

App folder structure

app

– addons

– addonId(means folder name and folder name should be the same as addon ID)

-controllers

-init.php

-func.php

-schemas

-addon.xml

Let’s take the example of the Buy together addon.

You have to create a folder with the name addon_id inside ‘app/addons’. The addon_id of the addon should be unique. In the case of Buy Together, addon_id is buy_together.