Need Help Locating Text To Change

02 Mar 2013, 22:04

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Need Help Locating Text To Change

This is totally a "work in progress" at this time....but I am trying to find how to change some text/links. The 3 large "flash" boxes on the right side currently point to yahoo, youtube, and google.

I've searched numerous places, and even have a program that will search for all "text strings" in all files, and all I can find is that the text I'm looking for is located at includes/templates/MY_TEMPLATE/MY_TEMPLATE.sql. When I change the text (google, yahoo, youtube) to another website and save it, the links still point to yahoo, google, and youtube.

I can find no other place to change this text, and it doesn't seem to work to change the text at the above mentioned location.

Can anyone help me figure out where the text is located to change the links associated with these boxes.

The website is http://www.ityourgifts.com

Thank You

02 Mar 2013, 22:18

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Re: Need Help Locating Text To Change

Correct Link is http://www.itsyourgifts.com

02 Mar 2013, 22:54

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Re: Need Help Locating Text To Change

try your Define Pages Editor under Tools in Admin

define_main_page.php

02 Mar 2013, 23:00

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Re: Need Help Locating Text To Change

Thank you for the reply. I had already tried that, but I did look again after your response, just to make sure.

When I go to that location the "box" where (I'm assuming) there should be text to edit is completely blank. Just a big white empty box. ?????

02 Mar 2013, 23:11

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Re: Need Help Locating Text To Change

maybe its hard coded:

try:
/includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE_NAME/common/tpl_main_page.php

02 Mar 2013, 23:20

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Re: Need Help Locating Text To Change

There is 9 tpl*.php files in the common folder. Check each one, and one of them have the text I'm looking for. :(

03 Mar 2013, 00:04

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Re: Need Help Locating Text To Change

search for

gv-gallery

in admin > tools > developers tool kit

03 Mar 2013, 00:04

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Re: Need Help Locating Text To Change

I am not familiar with it, but maybe the slides are managed by the banners?

Use the tools > developper tools kit in your admin to find any of the following
az_indexBanner
gv-panel_wrap
gv-panel current

And see in which files they are, might be your links are somewhere on those files, if it is a plugin (high probability) maybe reading the docs will give you better hints.

edit: rbarbour got there faster ;)

03 Mar 2013, 01:03

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Re: Need Help Locating Text To Change

I'm just about ready to give up on this. I got a few "hits" on the items suggested but no luck finding the actual links. I know it has to be here somewhere, but I've searched and looked in every file to try and find this with no luck.

03 Mar 2013, 02:01

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Re: Need Help Locating Text To Change

talk about over kill, i never seen core code ripped apart like that, anyway.

the core code for the image slider is located:
includes/sideboxes/YOUR_TEMPLATE_NAME/az_image_gallery.php

you shouldn't have to edit that file at all

as stated earlier, these image slides are banners

goto ADMIN>TOOLS>BANNER MANAGER

find:
Title 01
Title 02
Title 03

ckick to edit, this is where you will upload new "banners" image slides, change the URL's (yahoo, google, youtube)

Hope this helps and good luck!

03 Mar 2013, 02:17

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Re: Need Help Locating Text To Change

rbarbour, thank you sooooo much. I've been told that the "code" that this company does is very hard to work with, and this is my first time working with this type of setup.

03 Mar 2013, 02:19

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Re: Need Help Locating Text To Change

np glad I could help!

03 Mar 2013, 02:26

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Re: Need Help Locating Text To Change

Thanks again, got it all taken care of. Knowing where those are located looks like it will help me with some other items also.

03 Mar 2013, 09:28

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Re: Need Help Locating Text To Change

JusMeJim:
I've been told that the "code" that this company does is very hard to work with...

Not an atypical situation. If you have paid money, you are entitled to support of some sort. That company should provide a set of guidelines relating to their customisations and how they are managed. For them to "assume" end users have the savvy to just "know" how the whole thing sits together is unreasonable.

Pressure them for some meaningful support.