Change social media link

[dmaria]

Hello everyone, I have just taken over maintenance for one of my old clients and am just beginning to learn Zen Cart so this will probably seem like a very rudimentary question, yet after searching for way too long with no answer forthcoming I'm asking.

At the top of my clients site are 4 social media icons and I need to change the link for the Google+ one. How in the dickens does one find the relevant page to do this in? Can it be done through the administration pages or do I have to change it at the code level on a page - If so what page? If so I have found nothing that looks like editing in the header or sidebar.

The address is www.waterschoice.com

I SO appreciate any assistance. This seems like it should be a no-brainer, yet it hasn't turned out to be for me.

Thank you in advance.

David

[stevesh]

An explanation of how you want to change the link and what you want to change it to would help.

[dmaria]

Sorry, didn't think that it mattered what the current link was or what the new one should be, just looking to know how to do it.

The current Google+ link points to https://plus.google.com/106457527626302185185/posts which is a personal account and it should point to https://plus.google.com/102725090162624026428/ which is a business account.

From what I can find I don't see how to change that link from inside the admin tools and have no idea what page to look at to change the code.

Thanks so much.

David

[stevesh]

You should be able to use the Admin - Tools - Developers Tool Kit to search for part of that string (say, 102725) to see what file would have to be edited.

[dmaria]

Thanks Stevesh, I appreciate your comments, yet I've search the Developer Took Kit more times than I care to admit :-) to no avail. With all of the searches done by folks looking to add social media icons and links to the header and footer of their sites I just can't imagine that it is this difficult to find which file to be able to edit. Oh well, I guess it is what it is and I'll keep looking.

Thank you again Stevesh, if you (or anyone else) thinks of something I would appreciate it very much if you would share.

David

[dmaria]

Well I downloaded the entire cart and did a search for the existing social media links and the file is tpl_main_page in the includes >templates >template_default > common directory.

[dbltoe]

Just some things to consider going forward.
1.5.4 is the current version and should be considered for upgrade. If you use http://www.zen-cart.com/entry.php?3-...d-of-upgrading, you can do it all on the same server with little or no disturbance to your current site.
You are using the classic template which is not a good idea. It is provided mostly as a example of what basic files look like. It is also overwritten with any upgrade. https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1393 is a product that shows how the override system can be used to more properly build a site. I use this reference often.
While thinking about the first two reasons for upgrade, a major reason is to change templates. With all the tablets and smart phones being used today, you need to consider a responsive template. These respond to the screen and resolution of the item accessing your site. I use www.quirktools.com/screenfly to check out a site's response to a certain phone/tablet. Enter your URL there and look at your site with an iPhone 6+. Not very user friendly. There are several responsive templates available in the Plugins section.
In summation, while you are in the "learning mode", an upgrade and template change can be a win win situation.