# Welcome to Zen Cart™ ... The Zen Cart™ software is made available to you for use, additions, changes, modifications, etc. without charge, under the GNU General Public License. While we do not charge for this software, donations are greatly appreciated each time you download 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 at: The Zen Cart™ Team Page We appreciate your support. The Zen Cart™ Team 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 the GNU General Public License

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# Whats New ... in v1.2.7 v1.2.7 is a security bugfix release. The changes included in this release are largely intended to provide more solid protection against a potential SQL injection attack or other attempted exploits. No new features have been added in 1.2.7. Five Bugfixes included: - sanitization of input data across many files, to block hacking attempts - added new /admin/includes/.htaccess file to prevent mis-use of files in subfolders - rounding errors in tax calculations have been repaired - music product-type had syntax error on call to extra_main_template_vars - changed processing of SSL links in zen_redirect function to use $request_type as indicator For a list of changed files, see docs/changelog-v1-2-7.html Stay tuned for the upcoming v1.3.0 due shortly! # IMPORTANT NOTES Please be sure to review and apply the Site Security Recommendations to your site prior to taking your shop "live". If uncertain about how site security applies to you, talk to your web host to ensure that you have proper measures in place. If you are upgrading, it is recommended that you add the enclosed new /admin/includes/.htaccess file to your site.

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