Edit WIKI Page - Zen Cart ECommerce Shopping Cart

=Description= [http://www.iterating.com/products/Zen-Cart-E-Commerce-Shopping-Cart Zen Cart] is a free and open source [http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/E-Commerce-Software ecommerce application] developed in PHP programming language and using a MySQL database by a group of enthusiastic shop owners, programmers and consultants. It was first based on [http://www.iterating.com/products/osCommerce osCommerce], but it changed a lot it time, now the most important feature it has is the template system, based on XHTML. Zen Cart has the basic features any shopping cart needs and some HTML and programming knowledges are welcomed for customize it as needed. Being a free product, there is no formal support offered so the community forums are the best choice for getting answers. Being an open source solution its competitors are other free applications or the low cost ones. For example, good alternatives for ZenCart are: * [http://www.iterating.com/products/osCommerce osCommerce] * [http://www.iterating.com/products/Shopsite-Pro Shopsite Pro] (available at $75) * [http://www.iterating.com/products/Neogia Neogia] (open-source) =System requirements= Zen Cart is developed in PHP using a MySQL database and any [http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Unix-like UNIX], [http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/GNU Linux], [http://www.iterating.com/products/Mac-OS-X Mac OSX], [http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Windows Windows] server with PHP 4 (or more) and MySQL can be used. =Features= ==Installation features== * the database and server is checked for requirements first * the installation is made through a build-in wizzard * prepopulates the basic store information and products (optional) ==E-commerce features== [[Image: AnaP/category.jpg]] * supports multiple languages, taxes, shipping methods, currencies, payment methods * showroom only option * registration needed for viewing the prices needed * unlimited depth of subcategories * physical or virtual (downloadable) products accepted * products can be added in multiple categories * referral tools * gift certificates ==Promotions, sales and discounts features== [[Image: AnaP/product.jpg-1]] * individual special prices for promotions * global or by category sale reductions * discount coupons supported * customer group discounts * quantity discounts [[Image: AnaP/shoppingcart.jpg]] * one-time charges * minimum and maximum purchases per product ==Other features== * order status emails and records in the customer account * periodic newsletter in plain text or HTML * XHTML 1.0 complian [[Image: AnaP/estimateshipping.jpg]] ==Administration features== * configurable minimum and maximum values, image sizes and customer details * customizable details to show on the product details page * add, delete, move, link or copy products * create and manage product attributes * manage product reviews * banners manager * newsletter creation and sending * content management tool for adding new content pages * colors, fonts and many graphics customizable using CSS * add, move, remove and sideboxes from the template through administration =Communities= # [http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/] - Official community forum # [http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/zen-cart-pt/] - Portuguese Mailing list on Yahoo Groups # [http://zencart.zenfr.info] - French community website and forum # [http://www.zencartes.com/] - Spanish community forum # [http://zen-cart.cn/] - Chinese community website and forum # [http://www.zen-cart.nl/] - Netherlands community website and forum # [http://www.zen-cart.no/] - Norwegian community website and forum # [http://zen-cart.jp] - Japanese community website and forum # [http://www.zen-cart.opzione.com/] - Italian community website and forum # [http://www.zen-cart.at/] - German community website and forum # [http://www.zencart.dk] - Danish community forum # [http://www.zencart.cz/] - Czech community forum =See also= # [http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/E-Commerce-Software/comparisonmatrix] - Shopping carts comparison matrix # [http://www.zen-cart.com/] - Official website # [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_Cart] - Article about Zen Cart on Wikipedia # [http://www.algozone.com/] - Zen Cart templates # [http://www.itwebexperts.com/oscommerce_zencart_xcart_comparison.php] - Oscommerce, ZenCart, X-Cart, CRE Loaded, OSC Max Comparison of Shopping Carts # [http://www.shopping-cart-reviews.com/articles/Zen-Cart-Review.aspx] - Detailed review on Shopping-cart-reviews.com # [http://www.zenmagick.org/] - Alternative storefront/templating and object-oriented (database) API

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