HOW customizable are these templates?

[stevesh]

I haven't used Filezilla in a while, but at the top of the page after you run it, there should be input boxes for:

site: (the url of your site without the www)

user name
password (These will be the same as your hosting account Cpanel or other control panel user name and password).

If those are right, connect and you'll see your local files in one window, and your remote (site) files in the other, similar to Windows Explorer. You can drag and drop between the two.

Usually (but not always) the 'root' directory of your cart will be public_html

This stuff is easy (I do it) once you grasp the big picture and do it a few times.

[MamaT]

Apparently I downloaded the FileZilla, but I didn't run it. See....I told you I was new at this Did that now, and I am in my hosting control panel, in the file manager. I see the public_html. I see a bunch of other stuff too.

Are what you telling me, is that I need to get zen cart to this place as well? If so, can you walk me through that?

[stevesh]

Check post #4 here.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99838

[afo]

You don't need to upload Zen Cart to your server. Just unzip it on your local drive. You already have Zen Cart up and running on your website.

[MamaT]

You don't need to upload Zen Cart to your server. Just unzip it on your local drive. You already have Zen Cart up and running on your website.

Oh for pete's sakes! Now you tell me LOL!

Well, I suppose going through that couldn't have HURT right?!

So basically I just need to choose a template, click that download, and then check to make sure it's in the dropdown of my admin?

I'm having a hard time finding one now that both hubby and I can agree on. He says it has to be full (or nearly) full page, have boxes for the categories, and he likes having the header. I really want tabs, or at least a bit of space between links on top. So many of them look smooshed to me!

Is it silly to just "try a few"? Is it going to be a long process and waste a bunch of time changing them? Is there anywhere that shows the different templates being USED in current stores so I can see them "in action"?

[afo]

Seeing them on http://(sorry, site offline)/ is seeing them in action.

A lot of what your talking about can be handled in the admin or by editing the stylesheet, so I wouldn't worry too much about that now.

When you download a template, it downloads the zip file to your computer, not your site. You'll have to FTP the template to your site before you can see it in the admin. If you unzip the template on your computer, there should be a "readme" file with instructions included with the template.

[MamaT]

I guess I was hoping to see some that people had already starting to customize. That's ok though, I'm in the process of trying to download one and I'll see how it goes =)