Zen Cart®

Welcome to Zen Cart®

You are seeing this page for one or more reasons

  1. This is your first time using Zen Cart® and you have not yet completed the normal installation procedures.
    If this is the case for you, CLICK HERE to begin installation.

  2. This is not your first time using Zen Cart® and you have previously completed the normal installation procedures.
    If this is the case for you, then...
    • Your /includes/configure.php and/or /admin/includes/configure.php files contain invalid path information and/or invalid database-connection information.
    • If you recently edited your configure.php files for any reason, or perhaps moved your site to a different folder or different server, then you will need to review and update all your settings to the correct values for your server.
    • Additionally, if the permissions have been changed on your configure.php files, then perhaps they are too low for the files to be read.
    • Or the configure.php files could be missing altogether.
    • Or your web hosting provider has recently changed the server's PHP configuration (or upgraded its version) then they may have broken things as well.
    • See the Online Documentation area on the Zen Cart® website for assistance.

  3. Additional *IMPORTANT* Details: includes/configure.php file contents invalid. ie: DIR_FS_CATALOG not valid or not set

To begin installation:

  1. Installation Documentation can be read by CLICKING HERE
  2. Navigate to zc_install/index.php with your web browser.
  3. Please refer to the Online Help area on the Zen Cart® website if you run into difficulties.

Zen Cart® is derived from: Copyright 2003 osCommerce

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
and is redistributable under Version 2 of the GNU General Public License.

O S I Certified
This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software.
OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.

Copyright 2003 - 2025 Zen Ventures, LLC

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