Since Zen Cart version 1.37, the Copyright statement is updated automatically to reflect the current year.  However, you may wish to edit the copyright statement to an inclusive date range, for example Copyright © 2002-2010 <store name>. Powered by Zen Cart.

1. Open the english.php file located in the /includes/languages/ directory.
2. Find this section of code:

   define('FOOTER_TEXT_BODY', 'Copyright &copy; ' . date('Y') . ' <a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '" target="_blank">' . STORE_NAME . '</a>. Powered by <a href="http://www.zen-cart.com" target="_blank">Zen Cart</a>');

3. and modify the define statement as needed:

   define('FOOTER_TEXT_BODY', 'Copyright &copy; 2002-' . date('Y') . ' <a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '" target="_blank">' . STORE_NAME . '</a>. Powered by <a href="http://www.zen-cart.com" target="_blank">Zen Cart</a>');

   ** Be sure to keep the single quote marks in your new define statement.

4. Save the modified english.php file to your override folder.  This will be /includes/languages/CUSTOM/ where CUSTOM represents the name of your current template folder.

When modifying the footer just add in your first year of business to the define statement. It is a good idea to leave the date(‘Y’) reference so that the year is updated automatically to reflect the current year.  This leaves you with one less thing to think about at the start of each new year.

Note:  It is considered common courtesy to leave “Powered by Zen Cart” intact if you can as it assists in advertising the Zen Cart project.

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