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[Micki]

I am so sorry to be bothering you with all of these dumb questions. The more I try to understand how to correct this problem, the more frustrated I get.

I bring up my site in Expression Web and work on the files from there. When I open the site a box comes up and EW asks if I want to work on the files live or publish them later. I've been working on them live, but I suppose that still means that I'm working on the files from my PC. I can try to go to my Control Panel and see if I can work on them from there. Not sure if that's possible.

Of O re-upload the original version, will I lose all the changes that I made to customize my site? Another question....am I supposed to just upload the one file that has the errors on it?

Sorry for the dumb questions, but a webmaster...I am not.

I'm following the Zen e-book step-by-step to build this site, but it doesn't seem to cover problems like this...at least I have't found the answers in the book.

[DrByte]

I'm sorry, but I suspect for favorite Microsoft program has bitten you in the foot.
I *NEVER* trust anything written by Microsoft when working with website files ... they seem to be perfectly consistent at one thing only: breaking things!

Try using a true FTP program like the free program FileZilla http://filezilla.sf.net for uploading/downloading your files.


As to your fear of losing all your customizations ... there's no need to be paranoid.
The error you're getting is ONLY related to that meta_tags.php file in your language folder.
Try re-uploading the ORIGINAL clean uncustomized version of that file with a good FTP program.
If the error goes away (and it should) then do your customization of that ONE file again. Then upload it. When you've got that working, move on to whatever's next on your list.

And ... you should never do direct editing of the files on your server by using your Control Panel ... it has a habit of breaking files too.

For doing your edits, you'll find that a nice clean program for editing the PHP files is Notepad++ http://notepad-plus.sf.net ... it's free and gives color-coding to help show you when syntax errors or other inconsistencies occur in your customizations etc. It's even good for HTML and CSS too.

[Micki]

Well thank you...I am now doing the happy dance. I did just what you say and transferred over the original files. I used Coffee Cup, not Filezilla, but I also have that program so I'll start using it. For some reason I'm more comfortable with Coffee Cup.

I can now get onto my site with no error messages.

I'm also going to download the editing program you recommended. What a shame the EW isn't good for working with. Oh well...time for a change I guess.

Thanks so much for your help! Now onto the next step, but sleep will have to come first.

[DrByte]

It would be prudent to study the FAQs on the override system so that you can save your file customizations in separate folders so they're easier to identify when preparing an upgrade ... or just plain easier to find when you want to revise something you changed before.

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?category=4
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=298

[Micki]

Well I downloaded Notepad Plus and will be reading the tutorials that you've recommended.

If I'm understanding this correctly...I can open any php file from my PC, do the editing and then transfer the file to my site to update it using a program like Filezilla.

Hope I'm thinking in the right direction with this.

Only wish there was a program that would transfer your knowledge into my brain, lol.

Thanks for all your help.

[DrByte]

Sounds like you're on the right track.