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# Welcome to Zen Cart®

Dear Zen Cart® User,

Zen Cart® is made available to you for your use, addition, changes, modification, etc. without charge, under Version 2 of the GNU General Public License.

While we do not charge for this software, donations are greatly appreciated, each time you install a new version, to help cover the expenses of maintenance, upgrades, updates, the free support forum and the continued development of this software for your online E-Commerce store.

Donations can be made on the Zen Cart® Team Page

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The Zen Cart® Team

# Zen Cart® Version 1.5.1

For a listing of what is new in this release, please see the whatsnew_1.5.1.html file in the /docs folder.
You may also consult the Zen Cart® Support Forum.

# DELETED Files (since v1.5.0)

- /admin/includes/functions/password_funcs.php (replaced with updated /includes/functions/password_funcs.php which is now shared with both admin and non-admin)
- /includes/templates/classic/css/CSS_read_me.txt (see the template_default one instead)

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# NEW Files (since v1.5.0)

- /logs/ -- NEW FOLDER!
- /logs/.htaccess
- /logs/index.html
- /logs/index.php

and:

- /admin/includes/classes/split_page_results_new.php
- /includes/auto_loaders/config.products_viewed_counter.php
- /includes/classes/observers/class.products_viewed_counter.php
- /includes/classes/query_cache.php
- /includes/extra_datafiles/products_viewed_counter.php
- /includes/modules/pages/advanced_search_result/jscript_onload_helper.php
- /includes/modules/pages/advanced_search_result/on_load_focus.js

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# CHANGED Files (since v1.5.0)

- /admin/admin_activity.php
- /admin/admin_page_registration.php
- /admin/attributes_controller.php
- /admin/categories.php
- /admin/configuration.php
- /admin/coupon_admin.php
- /admin/customers.php
- /admin/gv_mail.php
- /admin/mail.php
- /admin/modules.php
- /admin/options_name_manager.php
- /admin/options_values_manager.php
- /admin/password_forgotten.php
- /admin/product_types.php
- /admin/profiles.php
- /admin/sqlpatch.php
- /admin/stats_customers_referrals.php
- /admin/store_manager.php
- /admin/users.php
- /admin/includes/.htaccess
- /admin/includes/application_top.php
- /admin/includes/attributes_preview.php
- /admin/includes/dist-configure.php (this is ONLY a basic example file, and is not used by a live store, so doesn't need upgrading on a live site)
- /admin/includes/initsystem.php
- /admin/includes/menu.js
- /admin/includes/extra_configures/enable_error_logging.php
- /admin/includes/functions/admin_access.php
- /admin/includes/functions/database.php
- /admin/includes/functions/general.php
- /admin/includes/functions/localization.php
- /admin/includes/init_includes/init_admin_auth.php
- /admin/includes/init_includes/init_admin_history.php
- /admin/includes/init_includes/init_errors.php
- /admin/includes/init_includes/init_file_db_names.php
- /admin/includes/init_includes/init_general_funcs.php
- /admin/includes/init_includes/init_html_editor.php
- /admin/includes/init_includes/init_languages.php
- /admin/includes/languages/english/login.php
- /admin/includes/languages/english/profiles.php
- /admin/includes/languages/english/stats_customers_referrals.php
- /admin/includes/languages/english.php
- /admin/includes/modules/document_general/preview_info.php
- /admin/includes/modules/document_general/preview_info_meta_tags.php
- /admin/includes/modules/document_product/preview_info.php
- /admin/includes/modules/document_product/preview_info_meta_tags.php
- /admin/includes/modules/product/preview_info.php
- /admin/includes/modules/product/preview_info_meta_tags.php
- /admin/includes/modules/product_free_shipping/preview_info.php
- /admin/includes/modules/product_free_shipping/preview_info_meta_tags.php
- /admin/includes/modules/product_music/preview_info.php
- /admin/includes/modules/product_music/preview_info_meta_tags.php
- /docs/ <VARIOUS FILES HERE>
- /extras/ <VARIOUS FILES HERE>
- /ipn_main_handler.php
- /includes/application_top.php
- /includes/dist-configure.php (this is ONLY a basic example file, and is not used by a live store, so doesn't need upgrading on a live site)
- /includes/initsystem.php
- /includes/main_cart_actions.php
- /includes/version.php
- /includes/auto_loaders/config.core.php
- /includes/classes/db/mysql/query_factory.php
- /includes/classes/order.php
- /includes/classes/payment.php
- /includes/classes/shipping.php
- /includes/classes/shopping_cart.php
- /includes/classes/split_page_results.php
- /includes/extra_configures/enable_error_logging.php
- /includes/functions/functions_customers.php
- /includes/functions/functions_email.php
- /includes/functions/functions_general.php
- /includes/functions/password_funcs.php
- /includes/index_filters/record_company_filter.php
- /includes/init_includes/init_file_db_names.php
- /includes/init_includes/init_general_funcs.php
- /includes/init_includes/init_sanitize.php
- /includes/init_includes/init_special_funcs.php
- /includes/languages/english/html_includes/classic/define_main_page.php
- /includes/languages/english/html_includes/define_main_page.php
- /includes/languages/english/modules/payment/paypal.php
- /includes/languages/english/modules/payment/paypaldp.php
- /includes/languages/english/modules/payment/paypalwpp.php
- /includes/languages/english/create_account.php
- /includes/modules/pages/contact_us/header_php.php
- /includes/modules/pages/checkout_success/header_php.php
- /includes/modules/pages/document_general_info/main_template_vars.php
- /includes/modules/pages/document_product_info/main_template_vars.php
- /includes/modules/pages/download/header_php.php
- /includes/modules/pages/password_forgotten/header_php.php
- /includes/modules/pages/product_free_shipping_info/main_template_vars.php
- /includes/modules/pages/product_info/main_template_vars.php
- /includes/modules/pages/product_music_info/main_template_vars.php
- /includes/modules/pages/product_reviews_write/header_php.php
- /includes/modules/payment/authorizenet.php
- /includes/modules/payment/authorizenet_aim.php
- /includes/modules/payment/authorizenet_echeck.php
- /includes/modules/payment/linkpoint_api/class.linkpoint_api.php
- /includes/modules/payment/linkpoint_api.php
- /includes/modules/payment/paypal/paypal_curl.php
- /includes/modules/payment/paypal/paypal_functions.php
- /includes/modules/payment/paypal.php
- /includes/modules/payment/paypaldp.php
- /includes/modules/payment/paypalwpp.php
- /includes/modules/sideboxes/manufacturers.php
- /includes/modules/attributes.php
- /includes/modules/create_account.php
- /includes/modules/extra_definitions.php
- /includes/modules/extra_functions.php
- /includes/templates/template_default/common/html_header.php
- /includes/templates/template_default/common/tpl_header.php
- /includes/templates/template_default/css/CSS_read_me.txt (just a help-text file)
- /includes/templates/template_default/jscript/on_load/read_me.txt (just a help-text file)
- /includes/templates/template_default/jscript/read_me.txt (just a help-text file)
- /includes/templates/template_default/popup_search_help/tpl_main_page.php
- /includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_account_default.php
- /includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_contact_us_default.php
- /includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_modules_create_account.php
- /includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_product_reviews_write_default.php
- /includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_zc_install_suggested_default.php
- /zc_install/ ... assume *all* of /zc_install/ has changed

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# Moved Files (since v1.5.0)

- None

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# Help and Support

For additional help and support, visit the Zen Cart® FAQ and the Zen Cart® Support Forum.

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.

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