rmoving "Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce

[ben harry]

I have read all the FAQ's and other threads, but I still cant work out how to change the welcome message. Can I do it via admin, or do I need software like smart ftp.

[ben harry]

Can anyone help me please?

[Merlinpa1969]

http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.php/Top_10_questions

[clydejones]

or here

www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=129

[afo]

Unzip the download onto your local drive (you don't have to be able to run it locally, you just need to edit the files).

Locate the file you want/need to edit and copy it into a folder for your custom template. Anywhere you see a /classic/ folder, you can create a folder for your custom template. Copy the necessary files from either the /classic/ or /template_default/ folders.

Upload the changed folder/file to where you installed ZC and select the template from your admin under tools->template selection.

To create a very basic custom template (you can build from there), you need:
includes/languages/YOUR_TEMPLATE/english.php
includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/index.php
includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/header.php (to change the logo)
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/template_info.php
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_header.php
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/images/logo.gif
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/css/stylesheet.css

[ben harry]

thanks for your help, but i still cant find the section with all the files in it. Are the files in zen cart admin?

thanks

[Merlinpa1969]

NO
you need to login using your ftp
open the files structure that AFO outlined

[ben harry]

I must be really stupid LOL, how do I unzip the download onto my hard drive, by download I assume you mean the zen cart programme.

[afo]

Are you using Windows? You need something like WinZip to unzip the download on your machine. Once you do that, you'll see the directory structure like the one I outlined earlier. Once you build your custom template (or at least start it), you need an FTP client to upload it to the website where you'll be using ZC.

[ben harry]

thanks for all the help so far AFO, but im still finding it difficult, I am using windows and I have winzip already on my computer, i think zencart is saved direct onto a server,and not my desk top, and I cant find a way of opening it in winzip or any other software, is there a special way of doing it. Thanks