eCommerce Websites with Zen Cart!
Posted May, 2019
Sometimes, you just need to tweak the line items on an order. Whether it's to meet a price commitment you made offline, or because some detail on the order changed, it happens. Order Edit is a great mod, but some things aren't completely under your control with it - which was why I created Zen Cart Order Total Edit.Posted April, 2019
Some Zen Cart storeowners have a sales or customer support team. I created a page to show some modifications I have done in support of this model. Take a look at Zen Cart Sales Rep Management.Posted April, 2019
Many products are subject to restrictions in certain jurisdictions. For example, live plants, live animals, alcohol and firearms often have restrictions on where they can be shipped. If this applies to your Zen Cart, take a look at my Zen Cart Shipping Restrictions page.Posted March, 2019
I just did an update to the ZenCart Changed Files report to prevent the creation of error logs when a folder isn't readable. (Later Addition: I also added the ability to ignore specific filetypes to shorten the report.) It's in the Plugins area.Posted February, 2019
I have always found it confusing that when you go into the Zen Cart Products Price Manager (Admin->Catalog->Products Price Manager), the fields on the screen appear to be editable but they're not. So finally I fixed this issue! My fix will be available in Zen Cart 1.5.6b, but you can merge it into your fileset at your convenience; it's in this Github pull request.Posted January, 2019
A lot of my mods needed PHP7 updates. You can see the complete list of Zen Cart mods and PHP7 to see if your favorite mod is ready.Posted January, 2019
I'm ready for my close-up!Posted December, 2018
The new release of Zen Cart is ready for action. You can read more about Zen Cart 1.5.6, or you can just download it and start selling! And if you're running a prior version, of course I'd be happy to update your Zen Cart for you.Posted December, 2018
I have started building a FAQ on eCommerce and Zen Cart using phpMyFAQ.Posted December, 2018
ZenCart Coupon Single User has been upgraded so that you can now restrict a coupon to a single domain, not just a single email.Posted December, 2018
Zen Cart Product Customization is a specialty of mine. I had a customer who told me his current web developer (I won't name this industry standard competitor) said that adding a per product conditional message would be "a big can of worms" and "harder than you think."Posted November, 2018
ZenCart MailChimp and ZenCart Newsletter Discount have been updated as follows:/logs folderPosted November, 2018
ZenCart Better Together Admin and ZenCart Combination Discounts Admin have been upgraded so that they interoperate with PHP7.Posted November, 2018
Zen Cart Preview Email allows you to to view the HTML emails your cart produces, so you can easily fine tune the layout.Posted October, 2018
The Zen Cart 360 Sales Reporting mod extends the "Best Customers" Report (Admin->Reports->Customer Orders-Total) to includePosted October, 2018
The ZenCart Big Files report allows you to easily see your largest files. This can be useful if you are running out of disk space and need to figure out the cause.Posted September, 2018
SysCheck is back! I originally wrote this module to help shopowners determine if their 1.3.8 ZenCart installations were secure, but I recently updated it to do more checking and look for more bad-guy activity. When used in conjunction with the ZenCart Changed Files report, it can make an investigation into a site compromise go more quickly.Posted September, 2018
My Find Duplicate Models mod is very useful for stores that have a unique model number requirements (because of external systems like Webgility). But if you get a large list of products that need to be updated, it can be a very time consuming process. For those people, I created CSV Model Update. Update the model number for as many products as you like, all from a CSV you created in Excel or with a text editor.Posted August, 2018
I'm pleased to announce that I am partnering with Mark Sanborn, the creator of RocketShipIt, to provide integration services for people who want to use RocketShipIt but need help.Posted August, 2018
Google Chrome made a change recently which resulted in a lot of websites showing "Not Secure" in the address bar - even if they have SSL certificates! Is your site one of them? Take a look at Does your Zen Cart appear Not Secure?Posted August, 2018
Do you want to add Sellbrite to your business so that your Zen Cart based business becomes a multichannel selling machine? Take a look at my Zen Cart Sellbrite Integration.Posted July, 2018
I met up with Rekha Srivatsan, the product manager of Salesforce Essentials on Twitter, and responded to her survey about SMB use of Essentials. We wound up talking after that, and she thought my story was so interesting she wrote it up on the Salesforce blog. Thanks, Rekha!Posted July, 2018
Lots of people have enjoyed my Quick Quantity Update mod, which allows a single item's quantity to be changed with one click - but some people need more. For those people, I created CSV Stock Update. Update the in stock quantity for as many products as you like, all from a CSV you created in Excel or with a text editor.Posted June, 2018
What is structured data? Should I add it to my Zen Cart site? Take a look at Zen Cart Structured Data to learn more.Posted June, 2018
If your business requires you to call customers, wouldn't it be nice to know the time where they are, so you can determine if you're calling too early or too late? Take a look at my Show Customer Time contribution.Posted May, 2018
Do you want to import your Zen Cart customer data into Salesforce? I can help! Take a look at my Zen Cart to Salesforce Import Tools. I am importing Zen Cart Customers to Salesforce, Zen Cart Products to Salesforce, and Zen Cart Products Prices to Salesforce.Posted May, 2018
I updated Find Duplicate Models to separate out reporting of blank and duplicate model numbers.Posted May, 2018
Order Message allows you to add a message to the order confirmation email your customers get when they place an order.Posted April, 2018
Posted April, 2018
Product Display for BigCommerce was just released.Posted April, 2018
The ZenCart Quote Payment Module is a clone of the check/money order module, which is provided to allow customers in a store to check out with a no obligation quote.Posted March, 2018
The ZenCart Changed Files report allows you to easily determine which files have changed most recently in your installation. This can be useful for tracking down problems.Posted February, 2018
If you are using Better Together (or any of my other discounting modules), along with Edit Orders of a recent vintage (such as 4.3.2), and you use Re-Calculate Tax = Standard, please take a look at this blog post, which gives some guidance on ensuring your order still adds up correctly after an edit is done.Posted February, 2018
If you are a heavy user of specials, take a look at ZenCart Specials Import. It allows you to import a CSV of Zen Cart Specials (rather than creating them one by one in the admin panel).Posted January, 2018
OpenCart Better Together and Better Together Admin for OpenCart have just been released for OpenCart 3.0.Posted January, 2018
Catalog Invoice was just updated to add the invoice button to the Account History page. (It was formerly on the My Account page only.)
That Software Guy is a microconsultancy focused on eCommerce, using Zen Cart. I am the number one contributor of Zen Cart modifications.
