Use Of Override System

[swguy]

Let's say you edited

includes/languages/english/shopping.cart.php

without using the overrides system. Then in the next version, this file gets upgraded. If you just upload all the files which were changed in the new version, you will overwrite your changes and lose them.

To prevent this, create a directory using the name of your template (let's say it's YOUR_TEMPLATE):

includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE

then copy

includes/languages/english/shopping.cart.php
to
includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/shopping.cart.php

For completeness, yes, restore the original
includes/languages/english/shopping.cart.php

from a fresh download. That way, if this file changes in a future release, you can just compare the copy you have with the new copy and apply these changes to

includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/shopping.cart.php

[trickobrien]

Ok,makes sense to do it,I see now that this system allows for customization,without coding yourself out of future upgrades

thanks for your help swguy