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Mon, 07/20/2009 - 23:33 — morningtime

Zen Cart™ truly is the art of e-commerce; free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart software. The ecommerce web site design program is being developed by a group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants that think ecommerce web design could be and should be done differently.

Some shopping cart solutions seem to be complicated programming exercises instead of responding to users' needs, Zen Cart™ puts the merchants and shoppers requirements first. Similarly, other shopping cart software programs are nearly impossible to install and use without an IT degree, Zen Cart™ can be installed and set-up by anyone with the most basic web site building and computer skills.

Zen Cart is a product of Zen Ventures, LLC

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Specifications

Additional Information
Available Languages: How many languages are available for the software. 
46
Available Payment Methods:  
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Unknown
Available Shipping Methods:  
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Unknown
Cost Estimate: The expected 12-month cost of ownership in USD$. This includes monthly fees! 
$0.00
Learning Curve:  
Intermediate
License:  
GNU General Public License (GPL)
One-Click Updates:  
No
Standards Compliance Level:  
Low
Site Setup Wizard:  
No
Stability:  
Mature
Version:  
1.3.8
Hosting Requirements
Application Server:  
Any
Database:  
MySQL
Operating System:  
Any
Programming Language:  
PHP
Root Access:  
No
Shell Access:  
No
Specific Demands:  
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Unknown
Web Server:  
Apache, IIS
Web Space: Minimum requirement 
20 MB
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Functionality

Site Administration
Abandoned Cart Reports:  
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Unknown
Administration Dashboard: Shows an overview of administrative functions, similiar to a Windows Desktop, with icons, administration menu's and other functionality. 
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Unknown
Create Order from Backend:  
No
Credit Memos:  
No
Drag and Drop Interface:  
Yes (Add-on)
File and Document Manager:  
Yes (Add-on)
Google Analytics:  
Yes (Add-on)
Inline Content Administration:  
No
Internal Search for Admin:  
Yes
Link Checker:  
No
Mass Upload:  
Yes
Media Library:  
Limited
Metadata:  
Yes
Offline Maintenance Page:  
Yes
Online Administration:  
Yes
Personal Dashboard:  
No
Site Navigation Management:  
Limited
Statistics:  
Limited
Translation Strings Management:  
No
Workflow Engine:  
Limited
Zip Archive Support:  
Limited
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Product Editing
Clipboard:  
No
Copy / Paste from Office:  
No
Email Content to Site:  
No
External Editor:  
No
Image Auto Thumbnails:  
Limited
Image Editing:  
Limited
Image Resizing:  
No
Macro Language:  
No
Server Page Language:  
Yes
Spelling Checker:  
Yes (Add-on)
Trash Bin:  
No
Undo History:  
No
WYSIWYG Editor:  
Yes (Add-on)
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Catalog Management
Bulk Product Operations:  
Limited
Bundled Products:  
Limited
Catalog Batch Import-Export:  
Yes
Configurable Products:  
Yes
Custom Attributes:  
Yes (Add-on)
Custom Attribute Sets:  
Yes (Add-on)
Custom Product Options:  
Limited
Downloadable Products:  
Yes
External Catalog Updates: Third parties maintain the catalog via FTP / XML uploads to/from your server. 
No
Grouped Products:  
Yes
Low Stock Reporting:  
Yes
Personalized Products (Text):  
Yes
Personalized Products (Full Design): Imagine a t-shirt customizer. 
Yes
Tax Rate Management:  
Yes
Third Party Tax Plugins:  
Limited
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Store Customers
Address Book:  
No
Automatic Grouping at Registration: Automatically group news customers into retail, wholesale or vendor groups, based on registration form details. 
No
Create Customer from Backend:  
No
Customer Dashboard:  
Limited
Follow Order Status:  
Limited
OpenID Login Support:  
Yes (Add-on)
Order History:  
Yes
Product Ratings and Reviews :  
Yes
Registration Form:  
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Unknown
Registration Form Custom Fields:  
Limited
User Groups:  
Yes
User Preferences:  
Limited
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Checkout, Payment & Shipping
Checkout Without Account:  
Yes
Create Account at Checkout:  
Yes
Gift Messages:  
Yes (Paid)
Gift Wrapping:  
Limited
Multi-Step Checkout:  
Yes
One-Page Checkout:  
Limited (Add-on)
Ship to Multiple Addresses:  
Yes (Add-on)
Shipping Estimates:  
Yes (Add-on)
Track and Trace Shipments:  
Yes (Add-on)
World Shipping Table Rates:  
Yes
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Marketing Tools
Catalog Price Rules:  
Yes (Add-on)
Category Access Control:  
Yes (Add-on)
Cross-Sells: Clients who bought this product, also bought these. 
Yes (Add-on)
Customer Loyalty Program:  
Yes (Add-on)
Featured Products:  
Yes (Add-on)
Free Shipping Option:  
Yes (Add-on)
Gift Certificates:  
Limited
Landing Pages:  
Yes (Add-on)
Latest Products:  
Yes
Newsletter Management:  
Yes (Add-on)
Polls:  
Limited (Add-on)
Prices by Customer Group:  
Limited (Add-on)
Private Sales and Events:  
Limited
Quantity Discounts (Tier-Pricing):  
Limited (Add-on)
Related Products:  
Limited
Send to Friend:  
No
Up-Sells: Products shown at checkout, .e.g. "Based on your cart, you might also like these." 
No
Vouchers and Coupons:  
Limited
Wishlist:  
Limited
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Store Browsing
Browse by Category:  
Yes (Add-on)
Browse by Brand:  
Yes (Add-on)
Compare Products:  
Yes
Layered Navigation Filters:  
Limited
Multiple Product Images:  
Yes
Product Images Zoom:  
Yes
Product Listing Modes:  
Limited
Product Notifications:  
Yes
Product Videos:  
No
Recently Viewed Products:  
Yes (Add-on)
Stock Availability:  
Yes
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Layouts, Design and Templates
Content Type Theming: Give different content types their own layout and theming options, e.g. blog posts and categories. 
No
Drag and Drop Layouts:  
No
Granular CSS Classes: Allows CSS styling of every single div or span, one way or another, without hacking into the core software. 
Limited
Web-based Template Management:  
No
Scheduled Theming: Schedule a theme for Christmas or other special arrays of dates. 
No
Style Wizard:  
No
Sub Theming: Change the layout of parts of a main theme, e.g. columns, listings or blocks, based on specific criteria. 
No
Template Language:  
No
Theming / Skinning:  
No
URL Path Theming: Theme pages based on their URL, e.g. individual layouts for /sitemap and /contact. 
No
 
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Extended Functionality

Core Applications
Advertising Management: Manage ads, clicks and views for clients throughout your website. 
Yes (Add-on)
Affiliate Tracking:  
Yes (Add-on)
Chat:  
No
Contact Form:  
Yes
Contacts Management:  
No
Calendar:  
No
Events Management:  
No
Forms and Surveys:  
No
Full-Text Document Search: Index the content of PDF, DOC and other files for search. 
Limited
Internal Search Engine:  
Yes
FAQ Management:  
No
Graphs and Charts:  
No
Guestbook:  
No
Helpdesk / Ticketing System:  
Limited
HTTP Proxy:  
No
Lightbox (or variants):  
Yes (Add-on)
Link Management:  
Yes (Add-on)
Live Chat:  
No
Media Gallery:  
Limited
Sitemap:  
No
Streaming Audio Management:  
No
Streaming Video Management:  
No
XML Sitemap for Search Engines:  
No
Tests, Quizzes and Raffles:  
No
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Flexibility
Interface Localization (l10n):  
Yes
Internationalization (i18n):  
Yes
Language Negotiation:  
Limited
Multiple Currencies:  
Yes
Multiple Domains Management:  
Limited
Multi-Site from 1 Codebase:  
Limited
Multi-Site from 1 Database:  
Limited
Right to Left Language Support:  
Yes
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Interoperability
Section 508: Create a barrier free website for the disabled and otherwise impaired. 
No
CGI Mode Support:  
No
Content Syndication (RSS):  
Limited
Database Query Editor:  
No
Database-to-Web External Databases:  
No
FTP Support:  
Yes
iCal:  
Yes
Text Browser Support:  
No
Third Party CRM Integration:  
Limited
Third Party ERP Integration:  
No
UTF-8 Support:  
Yes
W3C XHTML Compliant:  
Limited
WAI Compliant:  
Limited
WebDAV Support:  
No
Web Services API:  
Limited
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Mobille Internet
Device Capabilities Caching: Stores a list of known devices and capabilities locally for faster access. 
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Unknown
Device Capabilities Detection:  
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Unknown
Device Groups:  
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Unknown
SMS Support:  
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Unknown
Templates per Device Group:  
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Unknown
Unique Mobile Content:  
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Unknown
Site Wizard for Mobile Site:  
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Unknown
 
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Environment

Performance
Advanced Caching: Caching is a way to pre-build and store dynamic pages and database queries for faster access. 
Limited
Automatic Meta Tags:  
Limited (Add-on)
Bandwidth Optimization: Reduce the file size of page elements, inlcuding CSS, JavaScript and Media 
Yes (Add-on)
Database Optimization:  
Limited
Database Query Caching:  
No
Database Replication:  
No
Friendly URLs:  
No
Load Balancing:  
No
Minify Javascipt:  
Limited
Search Engine Optimization:  
Yes (Add-on)
Static Content Export:  
Limited
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Security
Prevent attacks from spam-bots and other security measures.
Audit Trail:  
Yes
Captcha Anti-Spam:  
Limited
Content Approval:  
No
Database Backup/Restore:  
Yes
Pluggable Authentication:  
No
Email Verification:  
Yes
Error Reporting:  
Limited
Kerberos Authentication:  
No
LDAP Authentication:  
No
Login History:  
Yes
NIS Authentication:  
No
NTLM Authentication:  
No
Password Encryption:  
No
PCI Data Security Standard Compliance:  
No
Sandbox:  
No
Scheduled Backups:  
Limited (Add-on)
Session Management:  
Yes
SMB Authentication:  
No
SSL Support:  
Yes
Versioning:  
Yes
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Support
Certification Programme:  
Yes
Code Skeletons:  
Yes
Commercial Manuals:  
Yes
Commercial Support:  
Limited
Community Forums:  
Yes
Developer Community:  
Yes
Issue Tracking:  
Yes
Mailing Lists:  
Yes
Online Help:  
Yes
Support Network Subscription:  
No
Trainings and Seminars:  
No
User Conferences:  
Limited
 

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