Welcome to Zen Cart™ ...


The Zen Cart™ software is made available to you for use, additions, changes, modifications, etc. without charge, under the GNU General Public License.

While we do not charge for this software, donations are greatly appreciated each time you download a new version, to help cover the expenses of maintenance, upgrades, updates, the free support forum and the continued development of this software for your online e-commerce store.

Donations can be made at: The Zen Cart™ Team Page

We appreciate your support.
The Zen Cart™ Team

Zen Cart™ is derived from: Copyright 2003 osCommerce
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
and is redistributable under the GNU General Public License


This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software.
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Whats New ...

The following are a list of bug-fixes/enhancements for v1.2.4d
(Also please see the PayPal Documentation for more info)
  • admin login manager mouseover was broken due to misspelled object name
  • attributes controller, missing function parameter - fix affects many files
  • backup directory, added index.php to stop unwanted browsing of directory
  • categories browser, missing function parameter (zen_has_products_attributes)
  • shopping cart class, missing function parameter (zen_has_products_attributes)
  • admin zen_has_products_attributes function replaced to allow for read_only attributes
  • added some missing admin language defines
  • bug causing sub-category delete to delete all categories fixed (note this was actually a php5 compatibility problem)
  • fixed invoice layout problems
  • updated languages to handle coupon descriptions properly
  • fix bugs to media manager.
  • fix bugs to media type admin.
  • fix bugs to option names manager.
  • fix layout/bug in admin reviews code.
  • fix nnobo bug to in whos online.
  • fix layout in email templates.
  • remove pconnect setting from query factory.
  • fix bugs in order class. order status and missing text in email notification
  • fix bugs in cart class. mainly special price handling
  • removed some redundant filename defines
  • fix bugs in lookup functions related to attributes
  • fix bugs in image output.
  • updates to various language defines
  • fix layout problems in 'also purchased' product module
  • fix bugs in featured products module.
  • fix bugs in meta tags module.
  • fix bugs in new products module.
  • fix bug in checkout payment address page.
  • fix bug in gv redeem page.
  • fix bug in product review info page.
  • fix bug in authorize.net aim payment module.
  • fix bug in sandbox address in paypal ipn payment module.
  • fix bug table/usps/zone shipping modules.
  • fix bug in manufacturers sidebox.
  • fix hardcoded text in whos online sidebox.
  • fix bug in 'special' products index page.
  • add some new spiders to spiders.txt.
  • add new categories tab module.
  • updated version files.
  • add new categories tab module.
  • update demo sql files for invalid date fields.
  • fix bug in installer - not setting admin configure.php permissions correctly.
  • Removed postgres*.sql files due to weak support for postgres db engine in v1.2.x so far.
  • Add AUD support to paypal IPN module
  • fix bug in paypal ipn which was crashing if various fields contained apostrophes.
Template changes
  • fix bug in account template.
  • fix bug in account history template.
  • fix bug in document product info template.
  • fix bug in login template.
  • fix bug in free shipping info template.
  • fix bug in default product info template.
  • fix bug in music product info template.
  • fix bug in product reviews template.
  • fix bug in product reviews info template.
  • fix bug in product next/previous template.
  • fix bug in product shopping cart template.