Installing Templates

[b14speedfreak]

You've asked a bunch of different questions there.

I'll answer this one:

A template's files primarily exist under /includes/templates/

So, if I install a new template whose name is fred, the folder structure will look like this:

/includes/templates/fred/buttons
/includes/templates/fred/css
/includes/templates/fred/images
/includes/templates/fred/sideboxes
/includes/templates/fred/templates
/includes/templates/fred/template_info.php

There may be more or fewer folders included, depending on what that custom template customized.

A custom template may come in a zip that also has more folders, or may contain the /includes/templates/ folder in the zip ... so if you upload that zip and unpack it directly inside the /includes/templates/ folder, you'll end up with /includes/templates/includes/templates/fred/ ... which of course isn't what you're after.
The zip may also contain other module code or other language file customizations, so may be more files in the zip under its embedded /includes/ folder.

Best to treat any zip for a template or any addon as assuming it's based on the root of the store first. Not from a subdirectory of it. The readme would usually specify if the author were expecting you to treat it any other way.

Ok that makes sense. Although to be really honest with you guys, its not exactly the most straightforward thing in the world. I have got it working thats no problem at all. The problem as I see it, was down to my newness. But I did find the install.txt file a bit misleading:

2. Unpack the Bask Black package to the directory where your Zen Cart is installed

Now I mean its a simple thing to miss I guess, and pretty obvious I guess for people who are used to zen cart and have used it before maybe.

I think I have it setup and working now. Essentially I copied the bask_black template to my local test machine. That has both a includes folder under it and an images folder. I assume that I have to copy the contents of both of into the root - or well merge them?

So I would copy the contents of bask_black/includes to zencart_root/includes and the same for the images directory?

I am really sorry to be struggling over such a basic question. I did really spend a bit of time trying to research it to see if I could work it out anywhere, but I couldn't see an obvious newbie guide or any forum posts, maybe I wasn't trying hard enough?

Anyhow thank your for your help, I appreciate it,

Mark.