HOW customizable are these templates?

[kobra]

Now, the dumb question! LOL! Once I download the new template....WHERE do I go to find the css/stylesheet.css file ?

Each template installed can and will have a folder structure under it

/includes/templates/"your installed template name"

and under that there can/will be
common
css
templates
maybe others

[MamaT]

Each template installed can and will have a folder structure under it

/includes/templates/"your installed template name"

and under that there can/will be
common
css
templates
maybe others

And to see that I go where? I am in Admin. Looked at Tools and Template Selection, but didn't see any of that on there now for the current template

[kobra]

Use FTP....and navigate as posted

This is not controllable from the admin

Did you install the template??

[MamaT]

Use FTP....and navigate as posted

This is not controllable from the admin

Did you install the template??

No, I didn't. Now what?!

I'll definitely be installing the new one as soon as I get some of this figured out!

[afo]

Do you have Zen Cart unzipped on your computer (not on your website)? If not, you can download it and unzip it. It doesn't have to be able to run. It helps if you can see the folder/file structure.

The templates follow the same folder/file structure.

If you don't have an FTP client, Filezilla is a good free one.

[MamaT]

FileZilla downloaded.

I'm on the ZC site. Which version do I want?

CURRENT: Zen Cart 1.3.x Series

Latest Zen Cart v1.3.8 - Full Release Notes (2007-11-30 22:10)

zen-cart-v1.3.8a-full-fileset-12112007.zip Mirror 4399670 290345 Platform-Independent

zen-cart-v1.3.8-full-fileset-11302007.zip Mirror 4395293 48824 Platform-Independent

[stevesh]

You always want the latest version (highest number), in this case, zen-cart-v1.3.8a-full-fileset-12112007.zip Mirror 4399670 290345 Platform-Independent (Note the 'a'.)

A tip - if your host uses CPanel (or maybe if they don't), I usually upload the Zencart zip file to whatever folder I want Zencart in on the server, then go to the CPanel File Manager and select the zip file and click on Extract in the top menu. Much faster than uploading all the files after unzipping on your local computer, and no corrupted files.