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Zen Cart

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Zen Cart  
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Zen Cart is a free, open source complete online store solution that contains both a catalogue frontend and an administration tool backend which is easily installed and configured using a web-based installer. 

Similar to most open source e-commerce applications, Zen Cart uses the well proven osCommerce e-commerce engine used in thousands of online shops worldwide. Overall the software has enough functionality to get an online shop up and running, including the ability to set discount pricing for multiple purchases, and integration with PayPal standard, or pro. There are plenty of free addon extensions to Zen Cart available on the Zen Addon's website


Zen cart uses a templated system to change the look-and-feel of the shopping cart front end, and the standard 'classic' template isn't that difficult to modify, albeit some PHP skills and familiarity with CSS will be a distinct advantage.

If you want a quick branding solution, then we do have a good range of ready made templates in our template store for this cart system as well.. See Zen Cart Templates

Tip: We highly recommend that when buying templates, dark colours, particularly black are avoided - They have impact yes, but lighter coloured, plainer, sites look far more professional, and in our experience, sell more products!

Our Verdict::
All in all we like really Zen Cart, and think it contains enough functionality in the standard installation to suit most end users. There are hundreds of shopping cart programs available, but none come close to offering the level of options, features and support available with Zen Cart™. Even commercial e-commerce programs have a hard time competing

Click the image to view a demo of the standard Zen Cart front-end.
Zen Cart Features List
Simple installation • Unlimited categories
• Xhtml templates • Unlimited pages
• In-built newsletter system • Gift certificates, discount coupons
• Multiple display modes • Featured and newly listed products
• 400 pages of step by step instructions • Forum supporting users from around the globe
• Tutorials and faq from the Zen Cart website • Multiple languages
• Multiple languages • Multiple currencies
• Multiple shipping options • Newsletter manager

 

UKTNET Zen Cart Hosting Features List
Server running Linux operating system
Currently running Apache version 2.2.9 (Unix) Kernel version 2.6.18-92.el5
Dual Processors
with Dual Cores
Dual Core - Dual Processors for maximum server and website performance.
Min 8 Gb Ram Massive 8Gb server RAM
Disk Space 5 Gb 5 gigabyte of user disk space
Data Transfer 10 Gb Massive 10 Gb monthly data transfer allowance
Shared IP Address Shared IP Address
PHP scripting - Current Version 5.2.5
Perl/CGI scripting
Control Panel
Award winning Cpanel control panel
Video Tutorials (control panel)
Email    

20
Professional quality POP3 email boxes - Up to 250 Mb capacity each.
Email Aliases unlimited  
Set up a default (catchall) email address
Powerful anti virus email scanning for all email boxes.
Spam Assassin anti-spam filtering for all mailboxes

unlimited
Email Forwarding to another email address
BoxTrapper protects your inbox from spam by forcing all people not on your white list to reply to a verification email before they can send mail to you.
Additional email filtering - You can manage filters for each user. Each user filter is processed after the main account filters.
Webmail allows you to check your email from a web browser as opposed to a desktop mail application such as Outlook Express. This means that you can check your email from any web browser, from any location.
You can use autoresponders to send a message back automatically to anyone who sends an email to a certain account. This can be useful for times when you are on holiday or unavailable, or if you have a generic message that you wish to send in auto reply from an email address.
Tools    
Powerful online file manager and editor
This feature allows you to download a zipped copy of your entire site or parts of it onto your computer.
The restore feature allows you to restore files from the zipped backup.
Web Disk allows you to easily drag and drop files to your hosting account just like they are part of your home computer. Eliminates FTP!
If you prefer, an FTP account allows you to access your web site's files through a protocol called FTP.
Anonymous FTP allows files to be uploaded to your web space by anyone you want to give permission to.
CRON Functions - Set up automatic timed activators for running scripts or other tasks.
Logfile Analysis    
View your website visitor stats via Analog
View your website visitor stats via Webalizer
View your website error log - A useful tool to discover which files might be missing from the server.
Security    
Create and manage private areas of your website where only people that you allow can see the content of protected folders by logging in.
Bar or ban certain IP addresses from visiting your website. Useful where someone is persistently spamming your contact forms etc.
HotLink protection prevents other websites from directly linking to files (such as images) on your website, and stealing your bandwidth. You can specify file types, and also what sites you allow to link to yours.
Leech Protect allows you to prevent your users from giving out or publicly posting their password to a restricted area of your site. This feature will redirect (and suspend if selected) accounts which have been compromised to a url of your choice.
Domains    
Redirects allow you to make a specific web page redirect to another page and display the contents of that page. This way you can make a page with a long URL accessible by a page which has a shorter and easier to remember URL.
Subdomains are URLs for different sections of your website. They use your main domain name and a prefix. For example, if your domain is uktnet.co.uk a sub-domain of your domain might be support. uktnet.co.uk
Parked Domains (Domain pointers) allow you to "point" or "park" additional domain names to your existing hosting account. This will allow users to also reach your website when entering the "parked" or "pointed" domain into their browsers.
Extras    
Create and publish your own personal or business website in minutes using our free website builder!
70+ useful website applications can be easily and automatically  installed using the Installatron feature.. Applications include.. Blogs, CMS, Shopping Carts, Counters, Form Scripts, Image Galleries etc etc.
Fantastico Delux - Another batch of applications ready to install (some are duplicated in Installatron)
Database    

5
MySql databases are used to store and retrieve dynamic content for a truly interactive website.
Many applications installed by the above 'Installatron' will require a MySql database.
Create and set up MySql databases quickly and easily using the Database Wizard.
Manage MySql databases through a web browser using the popular phpMyAdmin application
Manage databases remotely using MySqlYog and similar - This function helps you set up remote access.
Advanced    
Apache handlers allow you to control what Apache will do with certain file types. When Apache sees a file, it has an action built in for that file type, and will perform that action.
The Image Manager allows you to view and modify images in your account. You can change the size of your images, convert their file type, or just view them with the Image Manager.
With this tool you can create custom error pages to display when a user enters a wrong URL, an outdated URL or when the user is not authorized to access a specific directory of your web space.
If you design your website using Microsoft FrontPage, then you will need the appropriate extensions in your web space. You can install or uninstall Microsoft Frontpage Extensions from your control panel.
Mime types tell browsers how to handle specific extensions. For example, the text/html mime type equates to .htm, .html, and .shtml extensions on most servers, and this tells your browser to interpret all files with those extensions as HTML files. You can alter or add new mime types specifically for your site with this tool.


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