There are two configuration files in Zen Cart that you must edit in order to change the domain name for your website: /includes/configure.php You need to edit the following line of code: - define(‘HTTP_SERVER’, ‘http://newdomain.com’); If you are using SSL, you also need to change the following: - define(‘HTTPS_SERVER’, ‘https://newdomain.com’); where newdomain.com is the [...]
To optimize the performance of your Zen Cart, you can follow those steps: Make sure that you optimize the database, used by your website. You can do that from your cPanel account > Databases > phpMyAdmin. From there, you need to select the database and you will be displayed a list of all the tables [...]
To change the administrative password for your Zen Cart website, you need to log into the admin panel area first. Then navigate to Account and you will notice the administrative user displayed on the page. Click on the “reset pwd” button and you will be able to enter the new password from there. Click on [...]
To transfer your website, you need to create a full backup of it’s files, folders and the database that it is using. The next step is to upload all those files on the new account, where you would like to transfer your website. Make sure that you upload them in the right location, so they [...]
To add a banner in your Zen Cart, you first need to log into the administrative panel of your website. Then navigate to Tools > Banner Manager and click on the New Banner button.
If you already have your own certificate for your domain name, you need to edit the following files of your Zen Cart script in order to make it work with SSL: /includes/configure.php /zcadmin/includes/configure.php To access those files, we suggest that you use the File Manager service in your cPanel account. Navigate to the [...]
If you are receiving the following security warning: “Warning: I am able to write to the configuration file: /home/user/public_html/includes/configure.php. This is a potential security risk…” after installing your Zen Cart script, there is a simple way to fix that. You need to log into your cPanel account > Files > File Manager. Then [...]
There are two ways of editing the configuration file of Zen Cart: You can download the file on your personal computer, using an FTP connection. Then you can edit the file with a text editor of your choice (for example Notepad) and then upload the new file on your account. Make sure that you [...]
There are two configuration files for each Zen Cart installation. They are located at: /home/user/public_html/includes/configure.php /home/user/public_html/zcadmin/includes/configure.php Where “user” is your cPanel username. In this example, we are assuming that your Zen Cart installation is located in the public_html directory of your account.
The best place for more information about Zen Cart is the official website of the product at the following link: http://www.zen-cart.com/ From there you will be able to see the following areas for information: Zen Cart tutorials/FAQ – http://tutorials.zen-cart.com/index.php Zen Cart forum – http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/index.php Zen Cart wiki – http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Zen Cart v1.5.0 Web Server: Apache 2.x or newer Database server: MySQL 5 or higher (Zen Cart will also work with MySQL 4.1.3) PHP: 5.2.14 or higher, or PHP 5.3.5 or higher.
If you would like to install Zen Cart manually on your account, you can download the product from the following link to the official website: http://www.zen-cart.com/ Download the script on your local computer Extract the files on your local computer Upload all the files on your account. In order to do that, you [...]
In order to install Zen Cart through Softaculous, you need to log into your cPanel account > Software/Services > Softaculous. When you open the service, you will notice different categories on the left side of the screen. Zen Cart is located in the E-Commerce category. Click on the Zen Cart button and you will access [...]
Zen Cart is an online store management system. It is PHP-based, using a MySQL database and HTML components. Support is provided for numerous languages and currencies, and it is freely available under the GNU General Public License.