Front Page Editing how to get rid of the"Congratulations, you have successfully text

Last time I tried to edit the front page where it says "Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce Solution." I totally took away my whole site. I had to start all over again. Now I thought I would ask first before I do it again. ah duh... can someone please walk me thru this editing..

where is it again that I do edit that text and please show me exactly how it should look like. I'm sorry but i do not know css and when you should have : and ? and such.. when I edited last time I just took out that statement and when i did so i lost everything. I thought it might be because somehow I had no bracket or something like that, as if I left something off but I looked and looked and couldnt see what I had done so very frustrated I deleted my whole data base and started new. well here I am again at this point ..
Sorry if this is you millionth time explaining but I have looked and do not understand..

also where is the area for editing " Tagline Here" on the very top of my page

my site is at http://www.outlawwomenscrapbookemporium.cn

someone please advise.

Thanks
Cat

Scroll down this page to the similar threads for the answer.

sorry but i have scrolled down the page and find nothing similar except someone that doesn't know how to change the sideboxes not to read the "Zen Cart" stuff.. Please point me into the right direction. I have edited the page thru define pages its just that one part that that I had recently edited in a file and when I deleted it in the .php file I lost everything... all I'm asking is to tell me where to edit this and what it should look like so I don't leave anything out..

thank you
Cat

http://www.outlawwomenscrapbookemporium.cn

Out,
The easiest way to find this information is click on the orange tab on the top of this page called: Tutorials/FAQ https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php

1. Search for the wording you are asking about. EX: Congratulations

sorry i meant to add that I know I change this in my index file.. I did that before and just excluded that part and added "welcome..." I lost my whole site doing this and dont want to happen again.. all I need is someone to show me the edit and is that the only place that needs to be edited..

I have already done that and this is all you get


How do I change the "Congratulations! you have successfully installed..." Message?
CAPITALIZED words refer to a folder or language that you choose. We use CUSTOM for your template and ENGLISH for your language by default. These generic terms should be change

does this tell you where to find the file and what it should look like when it's done?

I think not.. please tell me where and exactly what it should look like the changes I make..

thank you

Outlaw,
Have you created a custom template,if so what is her name?? I see you are using classic

OK,
includes/languages/ENGLISH/index.php

this is how it reads, please just tell me what to edit

This section deals with the "home" page at the top level with no options/products selected /*Replace this text with the headline you would like for your shop. For example: 'Welcome to My SHOP!'*/ define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce Solution.');} elseif ($category_depth == 'nested') { // This section deals with displaying a subcategory /*Replace this line with the headline you would like for your shop. For example: 'Welcome to My SHOP!'*/ define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce Solution.'); }?>

i am confused because of the "Else if" part.. i dont understand where they want you to edit it. can I just take out the part that says you have successfully.... and leave it blank... i dont want to crash again after all my work

please advice

Yes, it DOES tell you where to find the file.

1) Create a folder for your custom template under includes/languages/english/. To use the same example as the tutorial, you should have includes/languages/english/CUSTOM/.

2) Copy includes/languages/ENGLISH/index.php to includes/languages/english/CUSTOM/index.php

3) With a good text editor like Crimson Editor or Notepad++, open includes/languages/english/CUSTOM/index.php and at the bottom of the file, you'll find:

Code:

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  // This section deals with the "home" page at the top level with no options/products selected
  /*Replace this text with the headline you would like for your shop. For example: 'Welcome to My SHOP!'*/
  define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce Solution.');
} elseif ($category_depth == 'nested') {
  // This section deals with displaying a subcategory
  /*Replace this line with the headline you would like for your shop. For example: 'Welcome to My SHOP!'*/
  define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce Solution.');
}

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Change or remove the text I've highlighted in red.

4) Save includes/languages/english/CUSTOM/index.php
5) Upload includes/languages/english/CUSTOM/index.php to the appropriate folder on your website.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by outlawcat

this is how it reads, please just tell me what to edit

This section deals with the "home" page at the top level with no options/products selected /*Replace this text with the headline you would like for your shop. For example: 'Welcome to My SHOP!'*/ define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce Solution.');} elseif ($category_depth == 'nested') { // This section deals with displaying a subcategory /*Replace this line with the headline you would like for your shop. For example: 'Welcome to My SHOP!'*/ define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce Solution.'); }?>

i am confused because of the "Else if" part.. i dont understand where they want you to edit it. can I just take out the part that says you have successfully.... and leave it blank... i dont want to crash again after all my work

please advice

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Out,
No problem, when I first started I was in this same situation..

The highlighted red font above will help you..
The second highlighted red font is used when you change how the page will look in the admin panel/ configuration.....

So the first one is your fix, most important part is leave the single quotes on either side of the wording EX: 'wording', just change wording and leave the single quotes..