I would like to be able to update the head without using an FTP client.
I have to help customers install a javascript applet into their zencart. Some customers are clueless about what FTP is, but know how to access their admin panel.
I saw that if I pasted the script into the HTML portion of a banner it was possible, but wondering if there is a way to access the head without FTP or that way.
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25 Jul 2013, 06:41 PM #1
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Is there a way to update head within admin panel without using FTP?
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25 Jul 2013, 07:09 PM #2
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Re: Is there a way to update head within admin panel without using FTP?
The best way to install extra things like javascript that need to be loaded into the <head> section is to use FTP to upload the file to the appropriate folder using the prescribed naming convention: http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.p...s_-_Javascript
If FTP is a scary thing, then use your hosting company's control panel's File Manager. Arguably that's more complicated than an FTP program, but doesn't require another application..
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25 Jul 2013, 07:45 PM #3
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Re: Is there a way to update head within admin panel without using FTP?
That is the way how I would do it. To limit liability I just guide customers using various shopping carts to insert the script. Most of them have a way to edit the head within the admin panel. Some of our clients are clueless with using filezilla, but know how to access their admin panel. That is why I am looking for an admin panel solution for them to edit their head. I just watch their screen and tell them what to do, and don't touch their website or take control of their computer.
I did find a hack that putting the script in the HTML section of a banner worked, but that doesn't seem so elegant to me. I suppose that not all sites would have the banner throughout?
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25 Jul 2013, 09:35 PM #4
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Re: Is there a way to update head within admin panel without using FTP?
Not on all pages, no. Just a thought, but it seems to me that it would have been a lot more difficult to learn how to use a hosting control panel than a simple FTP client. I usually explain to people that a FTP program is just like Windows Explorer, only with two computers instead of one. I also use and recommend the FireFTP plugin for Firefox, which removes that 'yet another program' onus.
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25 Jul 2013, 09:53 PM #5
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Re: Is there a way to update head within admin panel without using FTP?
We have found that most zencart users do know how to FTP, but other ecommerce platform users don't. However, occasionally a zencart site owner had a dev/designer do all the work, and all they know is how to process orders. Then I have to explain what to do.
Shoot I even have had to explain what a computer desktop is before to a website owner.
Thanks I guess this thread can be closed, with there is no way to edit the head inside of zencart's admin panel.
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