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    How do I get my live shop in the Zen Cart Showcase? 


    Simply click on the "showcase" link at the top of this page, then click to select a category in which you want to add your submission, and click the "add new" button which appears in that category.

    To qualify the ...

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    How do I write a Privacy Policy? 


    TIPS ON CREATING A PRIVACY POLICY
    In addition to seeking professional legal counsel for your business, you may want to check out the following websites ...
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    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare date_diff() 


    If you're seeing this error, then you're using an old version of Zen Cart that's not compatible with the PHP version your server is running.

    Specifically, Zen Cart ...
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    configure.php File Contents Explained 


    Quick Summary:
    HTTP_SERVER and HTTPS_SERVER are the domain name of your site. Visiting this URL will take customers to the "webroot" ...
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    How can I do a Site Backup? Or use phpMyAdmin to backup my database? 


    NOTE: Doing a backup of your Zen Cart site requires TWO components: (1) A copy of all the files in your Zen Cart folder on your server ... via FTP, ...
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    How can I force my site to add "www." before the URL if visitors don't enter it? 


    Scenario:
    Customer types in "example.com" when trying to enter your website.
    In most cases this will let them get to your site fine.
    BUT ... if you've configured your site to use "www.example.com" in all the URLs it generates, then the customer's next click ...
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    How do I get my favicon to show? 


    1. Create and upload the icon
    Create and place a favicon.ico file in the root (ie: "public_html" or "httpdocs" etc) directory ...
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    Some of my PHP files are missing the ?> at the end of the file 


    Symptom

    The ending ?> seems to be missing in some of my files, esp since upgrading to v1.3.8.

    With a Diff viewer I can see that in some cases the last line has changed from ?> to //EOF

    Cause

    This is completely acceptable and has been done intentionally.

    As you may know, if you try to run a PHP file which has whitespace (spaces or ...
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    Writing contributions -- often-overlooked override capabilities 


    There are built-in override capabilities in Zen Cart to prevent needing to edit some core files which would otherwise need updating.

    Some of the commonly-overlooked override capabilities are listed here:

    database_tables.php ...

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    What is the difference between Salemaker and Specials? Both seem to be ways of reducing prices. 


    Salemaker is used to create a policy for reducing prices and then applying it to a group of (or all) products. You would use this to set up your 20% off January Sale ...
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