Login error keeps coming

[DravenLS]

I need help figuring out why I can't edit. Everytime I go to edit it wants me to log in. The it tells me user not valid. However, I can log into Zen cart and have a user CP. Why can't I use the wiki ??:cry

[DrByte]

What are you wanting to edit?

[DravenLS]

I'm want to start building my page. I started to go through the manual or whatever it was and it said to go to admin- developers tool box kit and edit but then i was told to login, and I can't seem to get past that point.

[DrByte]

Do you have Zen Cart installed on a live webserver, or are you running it on your own PC?
What browser are you using?
Do you see a pulldown menu offering a choice of Editors? If you choose "Plain Text" from the list, does the page load properly?
Do logins work correctly from the storefront?
Do things add to cart successfully?
What version of PHP is on your server?

[DravenLS]

I have it installed on my cpanel. I haven't been able to work on the site at all. I was trying to figure out working on templates when it happened, it was the first time I was on zen cart right after I finished the installation. the only thing that works for me www.midrealmleather.com/zen-cart
I'm using firefox

[DrByte]

If you can log into the admin, hover over the Configuration menu, choose My Store.
Then go down the list to the HTML Editor option. Click on it and choose "Plain Text" from the list. Then click on the Update button.

If it won't save the change, then you've likely got a problem with your browser cookies. Can you clear your browser cache and cookies, and then go back to your admin area?

[afo]

Make it easy on yourself and download a copy of Zen Cart to your local drive (your computer). Once you unzip it, you'll be able to see all the folders and files involved. Use a good text editor like Notepad (or Notepad+) or Crimson Editor to edit php files. Once you make your edits locally, you can send them to your site via an FTP client like SmartFTP or Filezilla.

If you make your edits locally, you'll always have a backup of your 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/meta_tags.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.

[DravenLS]

OK, now there's a connection prob with the site when i try domain.com/zen-cart. I'm very new to the web building so I'm not sure how well I'd do if I just did it on note pad++ and I can't seem to get any php files I work on to show as a web page. That's why I was hoping to be able to log in and get a better idea of it doing the wiki. Without being able to log-in I can't do any tutorials. It doesn't seem like I"m the only one experiencing the problems though. I've been looking through the threads and it appears there are a few other having this difficulty.

[afo]

Did you change anything?

[DravenLS]

No, haven't changed anything. I keep getting this
Sorry!
There seems to be a problem connecting to our database. Please give us a few minutes to remedy the problem. Thank you.