Overriding header.php file

[GaryNick]

There is a very simple article titled "How do I change the 'Sales Message Goes Here' or 'Tagline Here' text?"

I've re-read the article numerous times and repeatedly started over from scratch. I expect it to work smoothly, but it doesn't. The "classic" version of header.php is loading. When I change name of "classic" to "classicX", the application loads values from the "core" version, ignoring "custom" version.

I am running v. 1.3.6 and my host is Crystal Tech. This is my first attempt at customization, so I could be missing something.

Thank you for any help.

[Kim]

Did you read and institute the the Custom Template Override?

[Website Rob]

For your 'custom' version, best to just call it 'custom' or something else. Leave out using 'classic' within your Template name.

[GaryNick]

Reply to Kim:

I don't find an article named "Custom Template Override" on the page you sent, but I have read "Understanding the Override System." I'm getting the glimmer of a suggestion that, if I have an override folder, the name has to correspond to the name of the custom template set in Admin>Tools>Template Selection; is that true?

[GaryNick]

Reply to Rob:

I only renamed classic to classicX in order to find out what the application would do. It doesn't find my custom folder, using the core files instead.

[Website Rob]

After uploading / setting up your custom Template, you need to make a change in the 'Layout Boxes Controller'.

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=142 (page bottom)
"Open your Admin panel and navigate to tools -> template selection. Click the Edit button, then choose CUSTOM from the dropdown menu and click the Update button. Now, navigate to tools -> layout boxes controller and at the bottom of the page click the Reset button.

Your new template is now enabled and ready for you to customize."

[GaryNick]

Reply to Kim:

Article 142, "How do I create a new Custom Template?" tells me that there are several steps to creating a custom template, including defining the name of the CUSTOM template.

Article 127, "How do I change the "Sales Message Goes Here" or "Tagline Here" text?", doesn't say anything about setting up a CUSTOM template first.

I'm getting the idea that Article 142 needs to be followed before Article 127 will work. Maybe Article 127 needs revision.