Complete newbie

[cerebus]

Ok guys and gals i need some help here...i installed everything and it is up and running...
http://www.griffinfilm.com/store/
now thats all cool, however question one why is there products in there already and do i need to remove those..lol

then number 2 and the most important...how in the hell do i customize it...
my store is called the black dragons den and it doesnt look very black dragons abode like...i want it to be neat like that health food one i just looked at that he customized and some of the others...how did you guys do that, oh and how did you put the cool little flash opening..i want a flash opening lol
I have no idea how to make one but i was thinking about somethng like a dragons head looking at you and then breathing smoke and all that and it changes to the store..lol
Could you guys help me get going here..?

[rstevenson]

Have you looked at the Tutorials/FAQs and the Wiki? (both linked at the top of all forum pages)

Did you buy The Book?

Have you looked at the templates available in the Free Software Add Ons? (link at the top)

One thing to avoid - stay away from Template Monster templates, or at least search for that term and read all about them here on the forum.

The products already in there are probably the sample products that you can install when you install Zen Cart. They're there so you can see all the many things that can be done in Zen Cart. When you want to get rid of them you can either do a clean install -- which might be a good idea after you make some first steps at customizing, as you'll likely make a mess of it just like I did -- or you can search this forum for instructions on removing them.

Jump in. The water's fine!

Rob

[cerebus]

ok looking at the css etc in zen cart i am pretty confident i can alter the look of the thing the way i want...question is which files do i look for that alter the appearance of the thing and what i need to look out for.
Also in order to change the default images of the header and the zen logo etc on the main display should i just upload my images and replace the zen cart images with mine...as in overwriting the images files with mine? or how would you recommend doing that and which files are they?

[clydejones]

ok looking at the css etc in zen cart i am pretty confident i can alter the look of the thing the way i want...question is which files do i look for that alter the appearance of the thing and what i need to look out for.
Also in order to change the default images of the header and the zen logo etc on the main display should i just upload my images and replace the zen cart images with mine...as in overwriting the images files with mine? or how would you recommend doing that and which files are they?

check this section of the Tutorials/FAQ section

www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?category=16