Apple Zen Support Thread

[vivaraquel]

I think that you should use an external text editor instead of the zencart one. (you should use the override system and place the revised file in a folder with the name of your template alongside the original file)
You can first downolad the file (define_main_page.php in this case) with a free ftp client (filezilla is a good option) and then modify it with a free text editor (notepad is a good option).
Finally you upload the modified file with filezilla and you should have no problems.
Let me know if I can be of help.

i tried that and now my site is not showing correctly, so I wont be doing it that way. And I read about some download to use for editing text but it seems not to work properly eigther.

If anyone does anything different , let me know cuz although i love this template, the text editing on it is truly trying my patience.

Thank you.

[vivaraquel]

Great and I just dropped off some flyers for that site today ...... no early night for me.

[vivaraquel]

Ok, I am trying not to freeak out but it's getting hard. In admin > tools > define pages editor ... there is no pages to edit!!

How this ocurred I don't know, I only just did what flax suggested with the define_main_page.php and I used an override folder which I deleted when I noticed the page was stuffed but it still didint fix it.

So I uploaded the original file but this hasnt fixed it eigther. Suggestions?

[molywerks]

i tried that and now my site is not showing correctly, so I wont be doing it that way. And I read about some download to use for editing text but it seems not to work properly eigther.

If anyone does anything different , let me know cuz although i love this template, the text editing on it is truly trying my patience.

Thank you.

Unfortunately, I do not believe it has anything to do with the text editor or ftp. When ever you're trying out new tools, proceed with extreme patience until you better understand your tools and any new methods. You may have borked something while getting used to the text editor and/or filezilla.

FWIW, I use jujuedit for my text editor, WinMerge for folder/file compare and contrast, and CuteFTP Pro (@ $60) for uploading/download files to and from the server.

Other tools I find handy are:

• HTML Search and Replace, $20, for searching for text across all my mods and zen cart core code. It does mass search and replace into wildcarded files and into subfolders. FWIW, I purchased a copy and love it!
• AllFileRenamer, renames files with a variety of options, including subfolders. I've used this for a couple of years.
• FileRenamer has a great variety of options and is incredibly powerful, free, $20 gets you UNDO and subfolder capabilities, which is all that I have been missing, plus other features, I think, but I don't know for sure because for subfolders, I use AllFileRenamer.

Ok, I am trying not to freeak out but it's getting hard. In admin > tools > define pages editor ... there is no pages to edit!!

How this ocurred I don't know, I only just did what flax suggested with the define_main_page.php and I used an override folder which I deleted when I noticed the page was stuffed but it still didint fix it.

So I uploaded the original file but this hasnt fixed it eigther. Suggestions?

I seem to recall having this problem only one or two files were uploaded. Try uploading all the zen default files (see below) and whatever you've edited to [FONT="Courier New"]/includes/languages/english/html_includes/apple_zen/[/FONT]. Or if you've not edited any files in your admin folder, upload a fresh copy of zen-cart_1.3.8a/admin. Naturally, substitute your version fo 1.3.8a if necessary. One or the other or both ought to fix the problem.

1. define_checkout_success.php
2. define_conditions.php
3. define_contact_us.php
4. define_discount_coupon.php
5. define_main_page.php
6. define_page_2.php
7. define_page_3.php
8. define_page_4.php
9. define_page_not_found.php
10. define_privacy.php
11. define_shippinginfo.php
12. define_site_map.php

Also, make sure you've selected Apple Zen as your theme via Admin > Tools > Template Selection. I seem to recall having some trouble their once. Looks like Apple Zen is selected but something is munged. I uploaded a fresh copy of Apple Zen, selected and verified it, and then uploaded my hacks.

[vivaraquel]

Thanks for that. I am not new to filezilla, been using it for quite a while now so I know how to upload etc..

I replaced the html_definitions folder and of course, I must redo all the info pages again. This time I will try a different text editor and see what result I get. I'd love to see things appear as they were written.

Fingers crossed.

[molywerks]

Good luck.

Purely informational this note is, and maybe you know already, but the reason Zen Cart's text editor is advised against is because it does not return code properly if you need to edit it again. This is the case across the entire admin panel. For example, if you hard code an ampersand or a space, [FONT="Courier New"]&[/FONT] and [FONT="Courier New"] [/FONT], respectively, it will write properly to the database or file, but if loaded to an admin panel screen from the database or file, it will return a non-standard HTML ampersand, &, or a regular space, [FONT="Courier New"] [/FONT]. Thus, many use text editors and FTP. Zen Cart devs should fix this issue or explain why it is like this. Maybe they have but I've not run across an explanation yet. Like Zen Cart, WordPress is PHP/MySQL-based and doesn't have this trouble.

[vivaraquel]

Ok so before I change it again, I used jujuedit and filezilla for the main page and this is what I get http://www.dreamevent.com.au

How hard does it need to be to write up text?

[Website Rob]

Other tools I find handy are:

• HTML Search and Replace, $20, for searching for text across all my mods and zen cart core code. It does mass search and replace into wildcarded files and into subfolders. FWIW, I purchased a copy and love it!
• AllFileRenamer, renames files with a variety of options, including subfolders. I've used this for a couple of years.
• FileRenamer has a great variety of options and is incredibly powerful, free, $20 gets you UNDO and subfolder capabilities, which is all that I have been missing, plus other features, I think, but I don't know for sure because for subfolders, I use AllFileRenamer.

Thanks for sharing the list. The two File Renamer programs work excellent on my Win 2000 and will definitely come in handy. The 'sherrodcomuters.com' site also has a Sherrod FTP program which looks good but requires .NET Framework, which I don't have so cannot use.

HTML Search and Replace I was already aware of and is an excellent program as well.