Can't change meta_tags.php - breaks site

[Servelan]

I'm running 1.3.9, new site, nothing fancy except I am working on modifying a custom template for my site. So far, except for the 'Congratulations' message and browser bar text, it is coming along nicely.

I'd like to get rid of the Zen Cart, the Art of E-Commerce text but when I go through the tutorial here and modify includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php , it breaks my site and all I see is a blank, white page or alternately, nothing's changed at all. I've searched for different/newer info on this and drawn a blank.

My template (such as it is) is under includes/templates/custom_dir/ but if I move my custom directory under includes/languages/english/my_custom_template_dir/ as per the tutorial. that, too, breaks my site.

Anyone have an idea how to change this?

[misty]

Tutorial Quote

Save the edited file to includes/languages/english/custom/meta_tags.php and upload it to your server.

In other words, make NEW folder, same name as your current template in
includes/languages/english/

[Servelan]

Tutorial Quote

In other words, make NEW folder, same name as your current template in
includes/languages/english/

I finally figured out that when you use a custom template, you need to ALSO make a directory under includes/languages/ENGLISH/ called 'custom'.

I'd stared at the 'congratulations' msg so long that when I put the file in the proper place and it changed to what I wanted, it took me a minute to realize that it actually had changed.

[misty]

I finally figured out that when you use a custom template, you need to ALSO make a directory under includes/languages/ENGLISH/ called 'custom'.

That is not the only place needing a new directory when installing your own custom template.