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Display a Search Box on ‘Page Not Found’ page in Zen Cart

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 21 August, 2010

It’s important to use the ‘Page Not Found’ page in Zen Cart as another selling page in Zen Cart.  It is much more than just an error message.  A Search Box is another option in your toolkit that can help increase the effectiveness of the ‘Page Not Found’ page. To add the search box on [...]

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Zen Cart Version 1.39f available for download today

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 17 August, 2010

A new version of Zen Cart has been released today and includes a number of bugfixes.  Try to schedule your update (in a test environment first) as soon as possible.  It is much easier to keep up with small updates as they are released than falling behind several revisions and having a major upgrade headache.  [...]

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Display Advanced Search on ‘Page Not Found’ page in Zen Cart

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 16 August, 2010

Providing the ability to seach your store directly from the ‘Page Not Found’ page can encourage your visitor to stick around and try again, rather than click the back button and go straight to another store.  Any steps you can take to assist in mitigating the effect of a ‘Page Not Found’ page helps both [...]

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Display Featured Products on ‘Page Not Found’ page in Zen Cart

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 10 August, 2010

Showcasing a representation of your store’s products on the ‘Page Not Found’ page can save a visitor from doing a quick u-turn away from your site, instead inviting them into your store to explore further. To display your featured products on the ‘Page Not Found’ page: Open the tpl_page_not_found_default.php file located in the includes/templates/template_default/templates/ directory. [...]

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What makes a great ‘Page Not Found’ 404 Error page for Ecommerce stores?

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 2 August, 2010

You’ve been searching online for what seems like hours for the perfect gift for your loved one.  Finally you’ve struck gold with the right search terms and you click on a link for an online store that looks promising… A dead end!  What do you do? Most Internet users would simply hit the back button [...]

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How does Zen Cart handle a ‘Page Not Found’?

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 31 July, 2010

You may have noticed a couple of settings in your Zen Cart Admin that can lead you to believe that Zen Cart will handle all instances of a ‘page not found’ error by either redirecting the visitor to your store home page or to the Page Not Found define page. However, it’s important to note [...]

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New version of Zen Cart Released Today – 1.39e

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 27 July, 2010

Stay on top of the latest round of bug fixes and enhancements by upgrading to the latest version of Zen Cart – 1.39e.  Official announcement thread: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=160378 Official Download from SourceForge: https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/zencart/CURRENT_%20Zen%20Cart%201.3.x%20Series/Zen%20Cart%20v1.3.9%20-%20Full%20Release/zen-cart-v1.3.9e-full-fileset-07272010.zip?use_mirror=voxel&ts=1280206474 What’s New in v1.3.9e This upgrade was released today (27th July 2010) and includes: Fix broken whos-online cart display Added removal for "%" [...]

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Zen Cart version 1.39d – new version released

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 5 June, 2010

The Zen Cart developers are on a roll!  The newest release of Zen Cart – 1.39d – has now been released.  This release does not include any new features but does contain many important bug fixes. Official announcement thread: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156619 Official Download from SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/zencart/files/CURRENT_%20Zen%20Cart%201.3.x%20Series/Zen%20Cart%20v1.3.9%20-%20Full%20Release/zen-cart-v1.3.9d-full-fileset-06032010.zip/download What’s New in v1.3.9d BUGSFORUM-1271 – No numeric check for [...]

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Zen Cart version 1.39c – new version released today

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 19 May, 2010

A number of additional bug fixes have been rolled into the latest release of Zen Cart – 1.39c. Official announcement thread: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=155307 Official Download from SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/zencart/files/CURRENT_%20Zen%20Cart%201.3.x%20Series/Zen%20Cart%20v1.3.9%20-%20Full%20Release/zen-cart-v1.3.9c-full-fileset-05162010.zip/download What’s New in v1.3.9c BUGSFORUM-1225 – 154055: Missing quotes in coupon_restrict.php language file BUGSFORUM-1227 – 154064: javascript validation of edit account form BUGSFORUM-1231 – 154121: Unknown modifier ‘h’ [...]

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What does the Page Parse Time Information mean in the Zen Cart footer?

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 13 May, 2010

The Page Parse Time information consists of three page statistics: The page Parse Time is the time it took from when the first line of code in index.php started processing until the footer of your page was drawn. This includes the delays introduced by any SQL queries waiting on the database. The parse time is [...]

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Zen Cart version 1.39b – now available to download

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 2 May, 2010

A number of bug fixes have now been included in the latest release of Zen Cart – 1.39b. Official announcement thread: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=879767#post879767 Official Download from SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/zencart/files/CURRENT_%20Zen%20Cart%201.3.x%20Series/Zen%20Cart%20v1.3.9%20-%20Full%20Release/zen-cart-v1.3.9b-full-fileset-04302010.zip/download What’s New in v1.3.9b Certain .htaccess directives were causing problems on some server configurations, so have been adjusted. If you want the security protection offered by the removed [...]

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How to do a complete Backup of your Zen Cart Store

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 27 April, 2010

As a Zen Cart Store Owner, one of your most important tasks is the regular backup of your store’s database and files. Your Zen Cart store consists of PHP and other files that makes your store work together with the template files and these are all hosted on your web server.  There is also the [...]

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How to backup your Zen Cart Store Files & Templates using cPanel

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 26 April, 2010

To perform a complete backup of your entire Zen Cart store: Log in to cPanel. Click on File Manager. Select the correct location of your Zen Cart install and click the Go button. Note:  Web hosts have their preferences in naming the folders that are your Internet folders. Look for a “www” or “public_html” or [...]

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How to backup your Zen Cart Store Files & Templates using FileZilla

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 25 April, 2010

To perform a complete backup of your Zen Cart store files using FileZilla: Open FileZilla. In the Quickconnect section at the top of the screen, enter your Host, Username, Password and Port information and click on the Quickconnect button.  This information would have been sent to you when you first signed up for your web [...]

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Back up the Zen Cart Database with phpMyAdmin

Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart on 24 April, 2010

Prior to the installation of add-on modules, upgrading or moving your Zen Cart store, always remember to take a backup of the database.  Even if you are not making changes to your store, a backup should continue to be taken on a regular basis to ensure your backup includes up-to-date customer and order information in [...]

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