Templates Overrides Not Detected

[skeeterz71]

Hi,

I have a fresh install of zen cart. I went through the tutorial to create a template and set it in tools and reset the boxes. Now I am setting up the overrides. Zen Cart is not detecting the overrides. For example; I created a template folder named valiant. I created a folder of the same name in /includes/languages/valiant. Inside languages/valiant I have copied over meta_tags.php (this is where the title is set in my version 1.5.1)

I do this; define('TITLE', 'Valiant Auto Parts');

Save and reload. It still has Zen Cart! as the title. Now if I go directly to /includes/languages/english and change the title in meta_tags.php the changes take effect. This however is not the way I understand how the override is to work.

Am I missing something? How do I tell Zen where the override folder is?

Thanks

[Trinity14]

Try here:
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE

I try to copy my templates any place the file says classic... hope that helps a bit ;)

[skeeterz71]

Hi guess I am still not understanding something. So I have my template setup includes/templates/valiant I copied over meta_tags.php with the title change to that directory. The changes did not take effect. there is a classic folder in languages/classic. That was where I originally included a folder languages/valiant and put the meta_tags.php in. I'll try putting valiant inside of English.

And that worked!

[lat9]

Hi,

I have a fresh install of zen cart. I went through the tutorial to create a template and set it in tools and reset the boxes. Now I am setting up the overrides. Zen Cart is not detecting the overrides. For example; I created a template folder named valiant. I created a folder of the same name in /includes/languages/valiant. Inside languages/valiant I have copied over meta_tags.php (this is where the title is set in my version 1.5.1)

I do this; define('TITLE', 'Valiant Auto Parts');

Save and reload. It still has Zen Cart! as the title. Now if I go directly to /includes/languages/english and change the title in meta_tags.php the changes take effect. This however is not the way I understand how the override is to work.

Am I missing something? How do I tell Zen where the override folder is?

Thanks

Language file overrides should be in /includes/languages/english/valiant (e.g. /includes/languages/english/valiant/meta_tags.php), unless you're overriding the primary language file (english.php), in which case you'd place that in /includes/valiant/english.php.

[skeeterz71]

Thanks. I kinda figured out I have to put a folder everywhere I have to make a change. This is gonna be kinda tricky not having a centralized overrides folder but rather multiple folders for custom theming/templating. I guess I'll have to figure it out. WordPress has spoiled me with the way custom themes are dealt with....

[Trinity14]

I'm glad that you are figuring out the learning curve... it takes 'doing' before 'understanding' the why some days, skeeterz71.

[lat9]

Thanks. I kinda figured out I have to put a folder everywhere I have to make a change. This is gonna be kinda tricky not having a centralized overrides folder but rather multiple folders for custom theming/templating. I guess I'll have to figure it out. WordPress has spoiled me with the way custom themes are dealt with....

My plugin Zen Cart Overrides Cheatsheet might help. It's just an HTML file that displays all the override directories.