Changing welcome message on new cart

[Rod H]

Ipage tech support set up Zen Cart on my website. I need to change some general Info on the main page. Where it says Welome thanks for downloading or whatever it says.
Do I do that through zencart admin... I page admin...? If it is through zencart someone PLEASE help!!
THanks
ROd

[dbltoe]

Start by reading the Tutorials/FAQ items since your load may not have the docs folder.

[Rod H]

thanks dbltoe.
I will do that,
But if anyone has been there and done that, I would certainly appreciate a few hints.

[dbltoe]

You want to learn to fish or have someone give you a fish?

Seriously, familiarization with tutorials, wikis, and how to search the forum is time VERY well spent. A great investment often overlooked.

Also, you'll find help comes quicker when it appears that you are trying to "fish."

Like Monk said in TV, "You'll thank me later."

[afo]

If you look at the screens that appear after installing Zen Cart, there are all sorts of hints on what should be edited to change things. As dbltoe mentioned, there's a wealth of information in the Tutorials/FAQ and the learning is definitely in the doing.

Here's more hints...

Get yourself a good text editor like Notepad++ or Crimson Editor.

Get yourself an FTP client like FileZilla.

This list is a bit outdated, but it'll give you an idea where to start to create a very basic custom template (you can build from there):

• includes/languages/YOUR_TEMPLATE/english.php
• includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/index.php
• includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/meta_tags.php
• includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/header.php (to change the logo and header text)
• includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/template_info.php
• includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_header.php <- may not be necessary
• includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_footer.php <- may not be necessary
• includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/images/logo.gif (or .jpg or .png)
• includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/css/stylesheet.css

Anywhere you see a /classic/ folder, you can create a folder for your custom template. You can copy the necessary files from either the /classic/ folder, the /template_default/ folder or the parent folder.

Edit includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/template_info.php to give your template identifying information so you'll recognize it in the admin under tools->template selection.

Note: if you've changed the height of the logo in header.php, you may need to change it in your stylesheet as well:

#logoWrapper{
background-image: url(../images/header_bg.jpg);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
background-color: #ffffff;
height:75px; <-adjust this line if necessary
}


(sekrit msj to dbltoe... love the quote from Monk!)

[dbltoe]

Thanks Mary Ellen,
It's not that I'm obsessive and I'm certainly not trying to be a harda$$, but I believe we all tend to leave something out when we try to paraphrase what's in the Tutorials/FAQ. That one thing might make the difference in whether or not knowledge is obtained.
Now if someone says, "I looked at the tutorial and I couldn't understand a word it said!", I will try to paraphrase for them as they are trying their hand at "fishing."

[afo]

Agreed. Zen Cart requires a "hands on" approach.