How to Recognize New Database Fields

[jsteelethg]

I have been customizing ZenCart for a number of days, all is going well, especially due to the help from the tutorials and forum.

I am creating a store for ginger plants. Everywhere the site mentions Manufacturer I want it to have Grower, everywhere it mentions Model, I want it to say Type.

I created tables on my database, exactly like both Manufacturer tables and called them Grower, all having the same fields. I then went to all the files like manufacturers.php and changed the words and saved as grower.php.

Everywhere I saw a manufacturer document or text I "saved as" or I added grower info in lines, similar to the manufacture lines.

How do I get Grower to show up on my product pages where it now has manufacture? Also how does my admin section recognize and list the new sideboxes, and under admin/product listing show "Display Product Grower Name"

my future store http://www.gingerlandtropicals.com/ZenCart/
Thanking you in advance..

[kobra]

Might be easire to edit the english.php file and make this:

// manufacturers box text in sideboxes/manufacturers.php
  define('BOX_HEADING_MANUFACTURERS', 'Manufacturers');

Look Like this:

// manufacturers box text in sideboxes/manufacturers.php
  define('BOX_HEADING_MANUFACTURERS', 'Grower');

And the same for the others

To do all that you are seeking will require editing many files in the catalog and admin sides for the DB calls and lookups that you probably have not done yet and in the end you wind up at the same place as if you do as I suggested

[jsteelethg]

Thanks. You know I tried that on my first install and still when I went into a product page it still showed the name manufacturer, so I guess I missed something. I kept changing the words until finally I got the error message the TABLE_MANUFACTURERS cannot be found.

I definitely understand the process of what you are talking about and will give it another shot, one step at a time until it either changes or something goes wrong.

Thanks for your input. Let me ask this. When I start changing those words in the admin folders and others outside of files that can be saved into "custom" folders, I assume I loose all those changes on an upgrade unless I backup the changed folders and replace them after an upgrade. Is this correct?

Thanks Again

[kobra]

Thanks for your input. Let me ask this. When I start changing those words in the admin folders and others outside of files that can be saved into "custom" folders,

This should only be edits to english.php if done as I outlined - no admin edits should be required.