Zen Cart SEO | Website Development

Rich Snippets Post Updated!

Support — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:07:08 +0000

Our Customizing Google Snippets with Microdata for Zen Cart post was again updated. This time to include payments accepted, delivery lead time and shipping regions! Keep an eye on this post, as it will continue to evolve as we continue to work out the proper implementation for Zen cart.

Authorize.net System Downtime

Support — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:30:00 +0000

From: Authorize.net
Posted: 12 April 2013

Authorize.net System Downtime Notification

On Saturday, April 27, 2013, we will be implementing planned payment gateway updates. Beginning at 7:00 PM Pacific time and again at 12:00 AM on April 28th, there will be up to a 15 minute period of time in which the payment gateway, Merchant Interface and all other system functionality will be inaccessible, including transaction processing.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience as we work to enhance the payment gateway.

Latest USPS shipping module for Zen Cart is now available

Support — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:44:07 +0000

Latest USPS shipping module for Zen Cart is now available (http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1292)

USPS United States Postal Service - USPS RateV4 Intl RateV2 - January 27, 2013 Updates to: March 27, 2013 Version C

This module requires that you have cURL installed on your server. (all PRO-Webs servers are correct)
This module provides new USPS RateV4 Intl RateV2 quotes.
NEW! This module includes options for either Retail or Online Rate Quotes.

Need the USPS Zen Cart update installed? Get it here

Payflow/PayPal Gateway Issue Recently

Support — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:50:32 +0000

If you were experiencing issues with PayFlow over the last few days, you can stop searching high and low for the cause. PayPal experienced a system issue which affected Reporting Engine on the Payflow Gateway. During this time getMetaDataRequest to https://payments-reports.paypal.com/reportingengine may have failed with 105A system error has occurred error message. The claim this is resolved.

We have suspicions, but PayPal did not report, PayPal processing issues the previous weekend as well. We had several reports from clients, in many different hosted environments, who complained that PayPal was slow to process, some could not checkout at all and PayPal emails following the transaction were hours/days behind. All clients who experienced this seem to be processing fine now.

USPS RateV3 January 27, 2013

Support — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:35:29 +0000

The united States Postal service has rolled out a rate update effective USPS RateV3 January 27, 2013. Those of you using the USPS shipping module in your Zen Carts will not be receiving the correct shipping quotes until you are upgraded. It is my understanding, however, that it will continue to function for the foreseeable future.

Zen Carts versions 1.3.9, 1.5.0 and 1.5.1 can upgrade to the new USPS shipping module and get started with the new rates. Here is the Zen Cart announcement.

If you would like to have us upgrade your USPS shipping, then please visit our store here to checkout.

~Remember to use your awards points to save money~

The module is specifically, NOT rated for Zen Cart versions older than 1.3.9. It is unknown at this time if it works or not. Please be prepared to provide FTP and admin access for us to install your module. Do not email this information, we will send you a secured form to provide it.

The new USPS Web Tools API Information can be located here for the geeks among you =) Hrmmm, yes I read it.
USPS v15 Ratev3 for Zen Cart

PROWebs.com

Support — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:46:13 +0000

After many years of trying to purchase PROWebs.com to protect our brand we have finally procured it for a $1010 price tag! It's a lot of money, but the loss of traffic and sales from wrong searches, mistyping, guessing etc is immeasurable indeed.

Google Webmaster Tools & Analytics Dangerous Security Flaw

Support — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:04:19 +0000

This is a very important read for all website owners. The nuts and bolts of this very serious security issue is that people who have been previously cleared for use of your Google Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics are suddenly able to use them even after previous removal. Given the nasty breaks many people have with former webmasters and website developers this is a very dangerous thing. Google Webmaster Tools, as pointed out by David Naylor in the article is far more dangerous than it has even been with unauthorized access. Think about it, the guy that you had to fire having access to disavow your links, remove your pages from Google's index..... You need to check your accounts immediately and again remove any unwanted users. If you notice activity that was created by previously removed users, report it to Google immediately.

25% Off PRO-Webs Hosting Until 12/25/2012

Support — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:29:30 +0000

25% off of any PRO-Webs hosting until Christmas Day 2012! New accounts only. Monthly web hosting, so use the coupon on as many months as you want!

Web Hosting Coupon Code

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Zen Cart 1.5.0 & 1.5.1 XSS Flaw Patch

Support — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:39:25 +0000

We have been informed of a minor XSS flaw that exists within code for v1.5.0 & v1.51.

Mitigation for the flaw has been posted to the Zen Cart public Github Repository here.

You can download the patched file here.
You may need to right click this to download correctly. You should also only use the downloaded file if you are sure you have not changed the original file.

The mitigation patch is as follows:

1. Edit {ADMIN FOLDER NAME}/includes/functions/general.php

2. change line circa 126 within the zen_get_all_get_params function

Original

PHP Code:

       if (($key != zen_session_name()) && ($key != 'error') && (!in_array($key, $exclude_array))) $get_url .= $key . '=' . $value . '&';

PHP Code:

       if (($key != zen_session_name()) && ($key != 'error') && (!in_array($key, $exclude_array)))

$get_url .= zen_sanitize_string($key) . '=' . rawurlencode(stripslashes($value)) . '&';

Authorize.net System Downtime Notification

Support — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:01:41 +0000

Just letting our merchants know that on Saturday, October 13, 2012, Authorize.net will be implementing planned payment gateway updates. Beginning at 10:30 PM Pacific time, there will be up to a 15 minute period of time in which the payment gateway, Merchant Interface and all other system functionality will be inaccessible for transaction processing.

Just a heads up for scheduled gateway maintenance.