Note, DO NOT use Cpanel as means to upload this pack.  Us an ftp file transfer program such as FileZilla or 3D-FTP,  If you use Cpanel, you will mess up the encoding on some of the files and your checkout will not work.

Also, DO NOT use Cpanel as a means to edit the files, use a real text editor such as phpDesigner or notepad..., make sure to save any files as UTF-8.

Here is the CKD-Zen-Cart Japanese Pack 1.0.  This pack is built for Zen-Cart 1.3.8a and will be updated for new Zen-Carts to come, Updates from here on out will be swift and easy to do.  We had produced an updated language pack that was beta for 1.3.7 but that pack was based a good portion on the 1.3.02 pack from the people at zen-cart.jp.  We have since changed most features of the pack, that we feel will be easier to grow and update, thus we are starting the pack at 1.0.  The current pack from Zen-Cart.jp is still based on the code from 1.3.02, many updates and improvements in the core code have taken place since then, and we feel that Japan or people who use Japanese, should not be left behind.  With that we announce the release of this Pack.   We at Crystal Koi Design currently use this pack for our customers, but I decided to take my spare time and give the code for everyone here on my site.  If you like this or anything else, then please feel free to buy me a cup of coffee to fuel me, as I do this site in my spare time.  If you use Zen-Cart and have not donated to the core team yet, please do this 1st.  If you need work on your site, then you can [contact me] and I will see what I can do for you.

This 1st tutorial will assume that you are starting a new cart based on zen-cart 1.3.8a and up and you have transitioned that cart to UTF-8 encoding.  For more on the UTF-8 encoding click [here].  I will try to address as many issues as I can for people who are running zen-carts and currently want to update that cart.  There are many more things that go into this, and people who know enough, this tutorial will help.  Also if you currently have a cart and built it before, and maybe have bugs, this might be a time to start fresh and build a solid foundation.  Starting from scratch is sometimes the best fix.

Download the attachment (pick from zip, or rar, if you don't know, then pick zip, ) and use the links below to move to different sections of the install and please post on here or the zen-cart forum if you find any bugs our errors and I will address them as soon as I can.