Sales message goes here

[Ironside]

This is the first time I have used this software. I've had some experience with oscommerce so hopefully I shouldn't have too much of a problem configuring things.

However, I've run into a bit of a problem from the word go. I cannot seem to remove the sentence "sale message goes here" which appears on the home page. I'm sure I'm in the correct file, header.php.

I don't want any writing at the top so I have changed the code to the following:
define('HEADER_ALT_TEXT',");
define('HEADER_SALES_TEXT',");

this doesn't seem to make any difference, the text remains as you can see. This is only a test site by the way.

http://www.commerce5.pennwooding.com/

[afo]

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=127

Have you created a custom template?
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=142

[Ironside]

I having created anything. I just installed the basic version. Then I went in to include/English/header.php and make the adjustments but nothing seems to work.

[afo]

Read the tutorials I listed.

If you edit the files that came with Zen Cart and don't create your own template, all your changes will be lost with the next update/upgrade.

[Ironside]

Thanks, will do

[afo]

Hint: if you read the first tutorial I listed, you'll see that the text is coming from a different file than the one you edited.

[janissaire]

OMG - why couldn't this be easier to fix? I have spent 3 hours now trying to fix/get rid of this dam message!

I'm good with hand coding html but this whole php / server stuff is completely new and for the life of me I can find

includes/languages/english/classic/header.php

it also took me 3 hours to find out where you hid the header log.

I have the book but it's not clear on any of this.

I installed it onto my local like this:

c:>server>xampp>xampp>all the files listed here

I see the htdocs folder click

I see the store folder click

I see the includes folder click

I see languages folder - containing classic and english folder -

I click the classic - it's empty except an empty empty text doc so...

I go back one level and click the english folder and see the header.php file I click it and see this:

<?php
/**
* @package languageDefines
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
* @version $Id: header.php 2940 2006-02-02 04:29:05Z drbyte $
*/
// header text in includes/header.php
define('HEADER_TITLE_CREATE_ACCOUNT', 'Create Account');
define('HEADER_TITLE_MY_ACCOUNT', 'My Account');
define('HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS', 'Shopping Cart');
define('HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT', 'Checkout');
define('HEADER_TITLE_TOP', 'Top');
define('HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG', 'Home');
define('HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF', 'Log Out');
define('HEADER_TITLE_LOGIN', 'Log In');
// added defines for header alt and text
define('HEADER_ALT_TEXT', 'j edward cook - on line store');
define('HEADER_SALES_TEXT', 'TagLine Here');
define('HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH', '192px');
define('HEADER_LOGO_HEIGHT', '64px');
define('HEADER_LOGO_IMAGE', 'logo.gif');
// header Search Button/Box Search Button
define('HEADER_SEARCH_BUTTON','Search');
define('HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT', 'Enter search keywords here');
?>

note: I changed define('HEADER_ALT_TEXT', 'j edward cook - on line store'); to this to see if it would do anything - no changes seen.

What am I doing wrong?
Note I also tried the "Sales Message Goes Here" in the search field in the forums but nothing came up. Don't know if I did that wrong too.

[janissaire]

Never mind I found it - maybe I'm sleepy - been exhauisted all week.

Inside the english folder you will find another "classic" folder not like the other classic folder mentioned above - I think this is what was throwing me and perhaps others off.

If you click on the classics inside you will find the header PHP file there.

sorry for the rant - but is been a while - LOL

[janissaire]

Ok deleted the line for sales message goes here and now get this at top of webpage

<?php
/**
* @package languageDefines
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2005 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
* @version $Id: header.php 2848 2006-01-14 09:47:08Z wilt $
*/
// header text in includes/header.php
define('HEADER_TITLE_CREATE_ACCOUNT', 'Create Account');
define('HEADER_TITLE_MY_ACCOUNT', 'My Account');
define('HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS', 'Shopping Cart');
define('HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT', 'Checkout');
define('HEADER_TITLE_TOP', 'Top');
define('HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG', 'Home');
define('HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF', 'Log Out');
define('HEADER_TITLE_LOGIN', 'Log In');
// added defines for header alt and text
define('HEADER_ALT_TEXT', 'Powered by Zen Cart :: The Art of E-Commerce [home link]');
define('HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH', '200px');
define('HEADER_LOGO_HEIGHT', '70px');
define('HEADER_LOGO_IMAGE', 'logo.gif');
// header Search Button/Box Search Button
define('HEADER_SEARCH_BUTTON','Search');
define('HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT','Enter search keywords here');
?>

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at C:\server\xampp\xampp\htdocs\store\includes\languages\english\classic\header.php :12) in C:\server\xampp\xampp\htdocs\store\includes\init_includes\init_templates.php on line 78

[misty]

You do not need to delete
i.e.

define('HEADER_SALES_TEXT', 'TagLine Here');
becomes
define('HEADER_SALES_TEXT', '');