eCommerce with Zen Cart!
Posted December, 2022
PHP 7.4 (and thus, all versions of PHP7 and below) are now end of life. They are not receiving security fixes or any support at all. What this means to you as a Zen Cart user is that you should upgrade to Zen Cart 1.5.8 as soon as possible. Make upgrading part of your 2023 business plan, so you can avoid getting hacked or having your cart stop working.Posted December, 2022
Zen Cart 1.5.8 represents a major change in how language files are handled, so some of my plugins will require updates. I just fixed Boilerplate in Description so that it would work with 1.5.8.Posted November, 2022
I'm not raising my hourly rates - my rates have been unchanged since the end of 2016 - but I'm raising my monthly fee for support from $25 to $50. I monitor your site for downtime and do a monthly check (and an offsite database backup) which is included in this price, but the real value is having me on call to deal with emergencies if your site has problems. I am no longer selling software to people who are not on support so I can focus all my energy on my support clients.Posted October, 2022
I got a report that Preview Email was not working well with recent versions of @lat9's One Page Checkout plugin. I have posted the required patches on the forum here.Posted October, 2022
I could not be more excited to announce that more than two years after the initial release of 1.5.7, Zen Cart 1.5.8 is finally ready for general use. Here is the release announcement and the What's New document.Posted September, 2022
I am no longer selling individual pieces of software. My goal instead is to focus on my Zen Cart Maintenance and Support (and Zen Cart Upgrade) offerings.Posted August, 2022
The Zen Cart Shipping Surcharge plugin has fixes to ensure zone selection is correctly applied.Posted July, 2022
The BOGO Discount got a refresh this month, with the ability to group categories for a BOGO (buy any 2 from categories A, B, C, get 1 from category A, B or C at a discount).Posted June, 2022
The Attribute Report plugin allows you to easily determine which attributes are being used by which products.Posted May, 2022
The Preview Email plugin has been updated for Zen Cart 1.5.7 and to fix PHP logs for those running with E_NOTICE on.Posted April, 2022
My new Checkout Calendars page describes the possibilities for stores that need to schedule pickups or deliveries in advance.Posted March, 2022
My Zen Cart Demo Sites have had a refresh and are now running the latest versions of Zen Cart and my plugins.Posted February, 2022
Zen Cart Notes is a new plugin that allows you to add notes to the customers, orders and products pages.Posted January, 2022
Zen Cart Define Page Anywhere is a new plugin that allows you to show define page content on any page in your cart, including on the product info page under various conditions.