Left column not showing

[Nonnumquam]

I'm a beginner, have just installed Zen Cart and am trying to customise according to the Wiki article at http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.p...lates_-_Create

So I have created my own "CUSTOM" directory with a few of the default files copied in there as suggested.

I have: includes/templates/try

"try" contains a css directory with .css file copied from the default templates. I have edited the template_info.php file to add a meaningful title.

However when I switch to my template and use it, the left hand column is missing when I view the store.

This also occurs when I try to install and use some of the downloadable templates such as "FutureZen" or "barebones".

I'm obviously missing something, does anyone have any ideas? I'm using v1.3.7.1

Thanks

[afo]

When you change to a new template, you have to change the settings in the admin for the layout. I believe there's a mod in the download section which will keep your settings as a default, but I haven't tried it, so I don't know much about it.

[Nonnumquam]

When you change to a new template, you have to change the settings in the admin for the layout. I believe there's a mod in the download section which will keep your settings as a default, but I haven't tried it, so I don't know much about it.

Thank you. Yes,I tried the mod and it resets the sort order to match the default for the particular template loaded so that worked a treat!