Changing directories

[gfiggins]

I'm a completely new person to ZenCart and am overwhelmed at some of the issues I have run into. One of my questions regards an answer you provide to another post...replacing the browser title "Zencart!: the power of eCommerce" with my own company name. I think I can follow your instructions IF I knew where the template files are located (i.e. /includes/languages/english.php).

You are probably thinking I have no business even touching this, and you are probably right. However, I've gone this far and it has become a mission to figure this out.

Any advice you could give me would certainly be appreciated.

gfiggins

[gfiggins]

I directed the previous question to a specific Zenner, but I would be happy to receive input/advice from anyone.

gfiggins

[afo]

If you haven't done so already, unzip a copy of Zen Cart to your local drive. You don't have to be able to run ZC locally, but you'll have the folder/file structure in front of you.

You need to create your own custom template because if you edit the files you received with Zen Cart, you'll lose all your changes with the next upgrade/update.

If you haven't done so already, you are probably best off creating your own custom template.

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

Anywhere you see a /classic/ folder, you can create a folder for your custom template. You can copy the necessary files from either the /classic/ folder, the /template_default/ folder or the parent folder.

Edit includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/template_info.php to give your template identifying information so you'll recognize it in the admin under tools->template selection.