Things every New Zenner needs to know

Thanks ;)

What's the best way to help/contribute to this, in the event of finding a good solution to a very common problem that's not currently addressed in the wiki?

e.g. "How do I Change the Sales message or Tagline?"

It would be good to also feature another variant;

"How do I completely Remove/Delete the Sales message or Tagline?"

Sketchy provided a really fantastic simple CSS solution here that doesn't require hacking code:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...824#post251824

It also has an account of obstacles i faced in the event of attempting to "remove" the tagline, because changing the SALES_HEADER-TEXT to have "nothing" appear, in the attempt to 'remove' it, ended up causing problems. IE was not happy with an empty div and it took me a long time for me to find the solution for complete removal of the <div, id=tagline> thing within posts shared on the forum.

Perhaps this solution is already published somewhere there, but i think it's worthy of review for the Top 10, which currently seems to be listing 12 items atm ;)

The following has been added to http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.php/Top_10_questions:

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=== How do I Remove/Delete the Sales message or Tagline? ===
Earlier versions of Zen Cart&trade; required changing 3 files to accomplish this. This was necessary in order to eliminate the "empty div" bug in IE.

With Zen Cart&trade; v1.35 this is easily accomplished as follows:

open the ''includes/languages/ENGLISH/header.php'' file in your text editor. Find the following line of code:

Code:

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define('HEADER_SALES_TEXT', '');

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Delete the tagline text, making sure that the single quote marks are not deleted.

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Yes we know there are more than 10 questions, but as is explained in the introduction:

Quote:

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Rather than a #1 - #10 list, the questions have been grouped for economy of editing.

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It's a bug in v1.3.0.2 that's causing problems when you try to delete the tagline using that method? This CSS call helped me out as a temporary fix.

#taglineWrapper {
display:none;
}

I'll need to upgrade as there's something not quite right happening in that region atm.

> Yes we know there are more than 10 questions

I was asking what the best way would be to help & contribute to the effort. It's naturally going to need more than 10 things listed with time.

Anyone is able to edit/add to the wiki. Create an account, login and you're set to go.

Here's the fix to tpl_header.php from v1.3.5

PHP Code:

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<?php if (HEADER_SALES_TEXT != '' || (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 != '' && $banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2))) { ?>
    <div id="taglineWrapper">
<?php
              if (HEADER_SALES_TEXT != '') {
?>
      <div id="tagline"><?php echo HEADER_SALES_TEXT;?></div>
<?php
              }
?>
<?php
              if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 != '' && $banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2)) {
                if ($banner->RecordCount() > 0) {
?>
      <div id="bannerTwo" class="banners"><?php echo zen_display_banner('static', $banner);?></div>
<?php
                }
              }
?>
    </div>
<?php } // no HEADER_SALES_TEXT or SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 ?>

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You can add this to your current file.

I have been trying all day to set this up and I can't figure out any of it. I am finding that it tells me to go some where and I can't find where to go. For example on your "Template Selection" page you state:

"Template Description
This template set is designed to be easily modified using only the style sheet to change colors, fonts, and the store logo. Three images are required; logo.jpg, header_bg.jpg, and tile_back.jpg."

Well I think I found the style sheet and I changed the colors and I couldn't find no place for my store logo. But my page did not change at all. It looks just like when I first started. This is how I got to the style sheet - admin/includes/stylesheet. I have my own header/logo to use at the top of the page. I would also like for the left side to have a colored BG but can't find no place to do that. I also have a small logo to go at the top of the left side. The middle and right side I want just a white BG with black font.

I am so tired of dealing with this I am about to just toss in the towel and give up my site. It seems to me that for people like me who do not know any thing about css and I only deal with html more detail instructions with pictures would help out a lot. Well I don't find this template at all easy to change as you state.

Than I went to your "EZ-Pages" I don't find them very easy at all. I am so afraid to make one for I don't understand what to do. I feel once I get this figured out and set up it will work fine. But you really need better instructions for setting up for people who know nothing about this at all. Not everyone knows all of this.

Thank you for allow us to express our feelings and tell you what needs to be changed and done for beginners.

Have a wonderful day
Pamela

Check here in the wiki Top 10 Questions

That should get you started on most of your questions.

Thank you so much Clyde for the link. I feel it will help me out a lot. I really appreciate you responding to my questions.

Have a wonderful day
Pamela

I would like to know how to add external site links to the top bar or change the HOME link to another URL without changing the logo link. I have the cart on it's own domain and the main site on another domain so the HOME page link should point to the other domain and I'd like to add a CART MAIN link on the top bar that retuns the visitor to the main cart page. I've searched the miles of "documentation" for the secret but can't find it. Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks,
Mark

Refer to the topic below, may give some idea.
Change the logo link?

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I am brand new, just registered. The funny thing to me is that as a beginner I am searching for a "where and how to get into editing". Do I "log in"? do I access via the ftp?

Even within this section of the forum the most basic beginners steps are overlooked. I do design web pages so imagine how daunting this would be for someone with lesser experience.

By the time someone reads and responds to this I hopefully will have figured this out.

Yes a basic guide would be exceptionally helpful. Maybe a guide done in a Camtasia like program.

Rick