Modify Email Templates

[bobthemolder]

I'm looking to re-configure how the e-mails look and the information they contain, and I can find them in the zencart/emails folder, but there are variables that I'm unable to find.

Where is the text built?

[DrByte]

This same document is contained in your /docs/ folder of the original Zen Cart zip file: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=113

[bobthemolder]

So it is - thanks. I was still unable to find where the text is actually defined - it mentions a few files but I can't seem to find the actual text anywhere (and developer's toolkit isn't helping).

For example, where do I find-$EMAIL_WELCOME ?

[DrByte]

That comes from whatever you've defined in your language file for EMAIL_WELCOME.

[bobthemolder]

I think I'm starting to understand this - it's the individual pages themselves that send the emails so aside from the page text being defined in the /includes/languages/english/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/, the e-mail text is as well.

So for the welcome e-mail, the text is mostly defined in /includes/languages/english/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/create_account.php
For the order status update email - /zc_admin/includes/languages/english/orders.php

Hopefully this will help anyone else who finds this thread.

IIRC - the admin area doesn't use templates does it? So any updates will overwrite changes in the admin area?

[DrByte]

In Zen Cart v1.x ...
All system content comes from language files. That includes emails too.
And adding new content to emails requires altering the core code that generates each page-specific email.
So does changing layout of text-only emails. Layout of html-styled emails is controlled by the email template files in the /email/ folder.
And, yes, the v1.x admin has no override support: you must edit the files directly.