Instructions are confusing........

[peggy]

I have been following the instructions below and they are confusing because I think two steps are the same!! I could easily be wrong however :))

First, you need to make a new directory for your custom template files.

Open: includes/templates/ and add a folder. (You may call it anything you want, but in this FAQ we will be calling it my_template.)

Create an empty folder inside your new template directory and call it images ... so you should have includes/ templates/ my_template/ images/.

Next, copy the includes/ templates/ template_default/ css directory from includes/ templates/ template_default/ and place the new folder and its files in your new includes/ templates/ my_template/ folder.

Copy the stylesheet.css from includes/ templates/ template_default/ css to includes/ templates/ my_template/ css. This si the stylesheet you will be editing.

The part in blue is redundant as the stylesheet.css is already in the includes/ templates/ my_template/ css by carrying out the actions in the part in red???

Or am I not understanding this at all!!!????
Thanks

[Merlinpa1969]

Yes thats redundant

good catch

[gjh42]

Perhaps this could be reworded in the FAQ to read something like

Next, copy the includes/ templates/ template_default/ css directory from includes/ templates/ template_default/ and place the new folder and its files in your new includes/ templates/ my_template/ folder.

Look in your new includes/ templates/ my_template/ css folder and find stylesheet.css. This is the stylesheet you will be editing.

[DrByte]

Which FAQ article was this found in ?

[peggy]

Which FAQ article was this found in ?

I read so much that night and I cannot remember where I read it.
I will definitely post the link when I come across it again..
I would like to ask a new question if that is ok?

I want to rename the admin file for security reason as suggested..so I am told to change the instances of "admin" in the admin/includes/configure.php to my new CUSTOM name and then change the folder name to the same CUSTOM name...seems straight forward to me...so I open my core ftp, download the file from my server onto my hard drive..open it in my editor..edit the admin/includes/configure.php, save and re-upload to overwrite...IT FAILS EVERYTIME...should I be doing a live edit in the admin control panel and if so where do I find the files to edit and once I have found them how do I get them into the editor to edit them?????
I think I am missing something simple here and I feel very frustrated but I have spent a few weeks trying figure this out and I don't know what to do now.. can you help me?
Thanks in advance

[shirster]

When you said "IT FAILS EVERYTIME" you meant you could not overwrite the file?

What FTP software are you using?

Shirley

[Kim]

What permissions are on the file *before* you download it?

[swguy]

Which FAQ article was this found in ?

I believe the OP is quoting this page:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/faq.ph...e_new_template

Scott

[DrByte]

Thanks.
Updated.

[peggy]

When you said "IT FAILS EVERYTIME" you meant you could not overwrite the file?

What FTP software are you using?

Shirley

YES
I have tried with core ftp and filezilla and I get the same "failed" message