ZenCart - The Art of E-Commerce
Zen Cart is a very nice E-Commerce Application that certainly deserves a closer look.
Upgrade ZenCart
Steps required to successfully upgrade Zen-Cart
mv shop shop.ori # Backup Shop
cp -rf shop.ori shop # Make new Copy
cd shop #
tar xpyvf /var/tmp/Zen-Cart-v1.2.4d.tar.bz2 # Extract new files
# This is the only file that is being overwritten :
cp ../shop.ori/includes/languages/english/html_includes/define_main_page.php \
includes/languages/english/html_includes/define_main_page.php
# Make the configuration writeable
chmod 777 includes/configure.php admin/includes/configure.php
chmod 777 cache images/
chmod 777 includes/languages/english/html_includes
hmod 777 pub admin/backups admin/images/graphs
chmod -R o+rx \*
Now use the Browser to ‘Upgrade’ the config/Database
www.your.domain/shop/zc_install
# Revert to a ‘secure’ configuration
rm -rf zc_install
chmod 644 includes/configure.php
# If Admin Login does not ‘work’ , add :
define(‘HTTP_SERVER’, ‘http://www.your.domain’);
or
define(‘HTTP_SERVER’, ‘’);
in file admin/includes/configure.php - *COMMENT OUT* the original line !