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[rmartin]

I don't know what to title this post because I'm completely lost. I installed zen from a link inside my zbox webserver. I've gone through the "Site Setup Checklist".

Should I have a basic cart page which I can customize? Do I have to create one? I really don't understand. All these files, half of my webspace, I don't know what to do to. I've looked through the FAQ for a week, and the questions seem to be too specific. I don't know enough even to know if my install was sucsessful.

Help!

thanks,
Rmartin

[gjh42]

Where did you install Zen Cart?
If you didn't specify anyplace special, you should be able to type http://www.yourdomain.com in the address bar and see a shopping cart welcome page. If you installed it in a folder, type http://www.yourdomain.com/yourfolder.

To see your Zen Cart admin panel, type http://www.yourdomain.com/admin.

Let us know what you see.

[rmartin]

Thanks for the reply Glenn.

I think I had a problem during installation, so I uninstalled and re-installed into my "root" directory. I am able to see the zen cart pages now. I'm off to see how others set up their carts. Wish me Zen.

Rmartin

[gjh42]

Glad to hear that.
Happy Zenning to you!
:)

[afo]

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/common/tpl_footer.php
• includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/images/logo.gif
• includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/css/stylesheet.css

Any where you see a /classic/ folder, you can create a folder for your custom template. Copy the files you need from /classic/, /template_default/ or the parent directory.

Edit includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/template_info.php to give your template identifying info (you'll understand when you open the file).

Always use a text editor like Notepad or Crimson Editor to edit php files.

Once you've built your template, go into your admin under tools->template selection and select it from the pull down menu.