No custom folder need to add One ?

[3601965]

No, stick to the tutorial https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=142 for a custom template.

includes
   /templates
       /CUSTOM
          /common
          /css
             stylesheet.css
          /images
          /sideboxes
          /templates
       template_info.php

What custom folders (overrides) are for is to allow you to edit core/main files without them being wiped out in a future upgrade. For example, if you edit includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php these changes would be wiped out from uploading a fresh meta_tags.php in a future full-upgrade. If the coding of these files is changed in an update then it will be easy to compare.

As stevesh said, just add override folders everywhere you see "classic"

The *only* exception to this would be includes/templates where it's not really an override folder but rather your actual custom template.

Am just not getting this
stevesh stated

I can't think of a circumstance where you would have folders in an override folder, so, no.

For example, you will have a includes/languages/custom folder, and an includes/languages/english/custom folder.

But you would have an includes/languages/english/html_includes/custom folder, not includes/languages/english/custom/html_includes

and your telling me to use the file structure as

includes
/templates
/CUSTOM
/common
/css
stylesheet.css
/images
/sideboxes
/templates
template_info.php

so inside the custom folder are FOLDERS

/commom FOLDER
/css FOLDER
/images FOLDER
/sideboxes FOLDER
/templates FOLDER

sorry for this but am just confused as i dont know what files have been updated ,i know for sure metatags has

regards
dave

[Kenichi]

No, sorry for the confusion, that's the format for your custom template (Notice the indentation in the code, each indent was meant to represent the next subdirectory)

i.e. you will have

includes/templates/YOUR-TEMPLATE-FOLDER(CUSTOM)/common
includes/templates/YOUR-TEMPLATE-FOLDER(CUSTOM)/css
includes/templates/YOUR-TEMPLATE-FOLDER(CUSTOM)/images
includes/templates/YOUR-TEMPLATE-FOLDER(CUSTOM)/sideboxes
includes/templates/YOUR-TEMPLATE-FOLDER(CUSTOM)/templates

Don't try to think of your template as an override. includes/templates/custom is your own unique template that your site will be using.

Notice the template "classic" (includes/templates/classic) see how it has many folders too?


OVERRIDES are other folders with the same name as your custom template folder. Just like stevesh explained, you could add your CUSTOM(your template name) folders everywhere "classic" is.


***** includes/templates/classic is the original template. All folders in other locations called "classic" are its overrides.

***** you are making your own template and want to duplicate this. includes/templates/YOUR-TEMPLATE-NAME(custom) will be your template and all other folders called YOUR-TEMPLATE-NAME(custom) will be your overrides.

[3601965]

so i would need to make a folder

includes/template/custom

and in the custom folder it would have the sub directory

includes/template/custom
/css
/images

in the css folder i would have the stylesheet.css

in the images folder i would have my modded header_bg.jpg

is this correct ?

in includes/language/english/html_includes/classic there are a load of files in this folder define_checkout_success.php etc, now i dont know if any of these files have been modified , so would i just make a custom folder like the path below

includes/language/english/html_includes/custom and copy all the files from the classic folder to my custom folder

as i am not sure what files have been modified

hope you understand what i am trying to say

regards
dave

[3601965]

so i would need to make a folder

includes/template/custom

and in the custom folder it would have the sub directory

includes/template/custom
/css
/images

in the css folder i would have the stylesheet.css

in the images folder i would have my modded header_bg.jpg

is this correct ?

in includes/language/english/html_includes/classic there are a load of files in this folder define_checkout_success.php etc, now i dont know if any of these files have been modified , so would i just make a custom folder like the path below

includes/language/english/html_includes/custom and copy all the files from the classic folder to my custom folder

as i am not sure what files have been modified

hope you understand what i am trying to say

regards
dave

[Kenichi]

Correct.

And yes, it would be a good idea to have those files, they are most likely changed since they include your contact us, shipping policies, privacy statement, etc

[Kenichi]

Might have misunderstood what you said, you will only have the subdirectories css and images in there, not another includes>templates>custom>includes>templates>custom

[3601965]

so if i want to use new buttons for example i would stick them in my

includes/templates/custom
/buttons
/english


is this correct

regards
dave

[Kenichi]

You'd just stick them in a folder called "buttons" with sub-directory "english" your custom template.

Ex.

includes/templates/custom/buttons/english

[3601965]

@Kenichi

now i think i understand, i will make a start on my custom folders and let you know how it goes shortly

thanks for all your help

regards
dave

[3601965]

i have the big royalmail installed

in the read me it states the following

1)find your zen-cart folder
2) copy the files from big_royalmail_v2.3/images/icons/ to YOUR_ZC_FOLDER/images/icons/
3) copy the files from big_royalmail_v2.3/includes/modules/shipping/ to YOUR_ZC_FOLDER/includes/modules/shipping/
4) copy the files from big_royalmail_v2.3/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/ to YOUR_ZC_FOLDER/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/


could you tell me the correct file path to my custom folders to put the modified files already installed - is it this below

includes/modules/shipping/custom/

regards
dave