ZenCart

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Overview

ZenCart is a free, open-source application for running an online store. It is based on osCommerce.

Reference

• home page
• Wikipedia

Differences from osCommerce

• Plusses
  • Runs with or without register globals on
  • More friendly managing of admin security
  • Supports multiple admin users, with different privilege levels

ZenCart and Quickbooks

ZenCart's target audience includes small businesses, many of whom also use QuickBooks and would like a way to exchange data between the two systems. Some considerable work has been done on this.

First, a minor note: data in QuickBooks can be accessed via ODBC if you have the QODBC module (which is not, unfortunately, free).

The other major avenue appears to be a ZenCart module for Quickbooks, generally referred to as QuickBooks QBI. It is currently incomplete, however.

• Quickbooks Import QBI: the official QuickBooks QBI suppor forum
  • archived QuickBooks QBI forum: original statement of the problem
• QuickBooks Endicia Zencart: discussion of ZenCart, QuickBooks, Endicia, and other shipping methods

Notes

• When told to create the configure.php files and make them writeable, do not bother editing them; the web-based install overwrites what is in the file.
• The "ZenCart" and "Sashbox" banners which appear down the sides and at the bottom can be turned off in the "banner manager" tool. Also, inside the "Layout Boxes Controller" tool are modules named "banner_box.php", "banner_box_all.php", and "banner_box2.php"; these probably/maybe have something to do with how/where banners are displayed (when there are any to display).
• In the admin section, the username is case-sensitive. (Passwords are usually case-sensitive, but not usernames.)