Zencart

The all new CSS and Javascript loader for Zencart

It has been a while since the last release of our CSS and Javascript loader for Zencart, the main goals for the module are: Allowing different plugins to minimize javascript conflicts Speeding up the site performance by minifying and combining css/javascript files Since then, we have found certain features lacking: The ability of loading files

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Beware of zencart debug logger!

In the recent versions of Zencart (I think starting from 1.3.9h) you will find that includes/extra_configures/enable_error_logging.php exists by default. This file will turn on the debug switch and will put the logs into your /cache folder. The problem is that it also puts lots of WARNINGS and such inside this, and ZC does generate lots

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A hosted ecommerce solution

Working with many small to medium business owners as well as startup entrepreneurs we find that initial capital investment put into developing a new site can be rather intimidating. Even free opensource softwares such as Magento or Prestashop, Zencart, etc… requires a considerable amount of work put into it before it can be put into full use.

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A plugin framework system for Zencart

It has been over 4 years since I have started working with Zencart and the system still doesn’t have a good system in place to support plugins. There is almost no standard, no rules, plugin/module developers have to place files all over the places, sometimes even overwrite core files and clean un-installation of plugins is

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Why ZenMagick is 1000 times better than ZenCart

First, I will admit I might be a bit biased here, I know the core developer of ZenMagick personally, and have been using ZM on many of our recent projects (we no longer use ZenCart to build a new sites for our clients anymore). But I have also used ZenCart long enough to have a

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New feature for CSS Javascript Loader

While working on our Zencart modules which make use of jquery and its plugins extensively, I often run into this issue: one module which is released long ago is set to use 1.4.2 version while another module which has just been released is set to use 1.4.4 (or even 1.5.0). This results in multiple versions

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New Zencart/ZenMagick Admin UI

As you may know already, we are working on the new admin UI, and we have 2 great news for you: 1. We are revising our design to make it even friendlier, we would really appreciate it if you can review and give us comments and advices on the design 2. The new admin ui

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Update for our One Page Checkout module (Ajax Xcheckout)

We are working on a new version (v3) of this module, this new version is based on many suggestions sent to us by store owners who are using this module. There are 3 major changes in this new version: The shipping and billing method steps are merged into one step. The current checkout process will

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Detour

While I was working on our new cross sell module, I was kinda bugged by the way I have place files all over zencart (some files for database tables / filenames in the extra_datafiles folders both in admin and catalog site, classes files in various places as well as template files etc). How do I

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Weekly update – cross promotion module

This week we have dedicated most of our time on working with GMap (for a special project related to store/voucher locator), YII (the php framework system) and the cross promotion module. We have install the module on the first site (http://www.thegemtree.com/), the installed version takes the products’ names and description, matches each product with the

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