Tag Line

[Sentience]

I got a lot of help from here last time, so thanks.

Im still trying to figure out how to edit my tag line, and also change the title of the page from (Zen Cart- The art of e-commerce) to the name of my site + tag line.

Tips and links to relevant passages from the FAQ are welcome.


Here is my site. I want to change the title of the page so it shows up in search engines.
http://roguebodycrafts.com/

[Sentience]

I found this page in the FAQ.
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=17


However, how do I access this text editor I keep hearing about?

[afo]

There's an editor in the admin, but you're much better off getting something like Notepad++ or Crimson Editor and making your changes locally (instant backup) and then FTPing them to your website. Don't forget to use the override system.

[Sentience]

See, Im not a programmer and I dont even know HTML. Is there not a simple way to do this from basic control panel? Do I have to know how to build a website to alter the tag line and the name of the page?

[afo]

No, but it'll make things easier in future if you learn how to do this yourself from the beginning.

There's an editor in the admin under tools->defines pages editor, but you'll be better off in the long run with an editor like Notepad++ or Crimson Editor and an FTP client like Filezilla or SmartFTP.

Building your own custom template is fairly simple and worth the effort.

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 (to change the page name and tag line)
• 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.

[Sentience]

Thats nice, but my site is pretty much finished and I paid money to have it completed for me. It looks nice the way it is and I dont want to experiment or ######## it up. I want to use the custom template that was made for me. "next time" Ill work on making my own template from scratch.

So I do not want to build a new template. I like the way my current one works and just want to change the tag line and the way the name of the site comes up on the browser and search engines. Is there a way I can do that?

Building a new template is not an option, and neither is anything that requires me to use a web design program or upload anything to a server. I need instructions for dummies. Im not a programmer. I study biology and medicine, not computer science.

[Sentience]

When I go to tools>Define page editor I find a section where I can edit the messages on the front page, but nothing that says define tag line or define how the website shows up in the browser.

[Sentience]

I hope I didnt come off sounding too snappy. Just keep in mind that I dont program >AT ALL<. Not even HTML. I need some suggestions that are appropriate for a layperson who doesnt know what your talking about.

You would think that these things could be adjusted from the control panel. It shouldnt require a programmer to change a tag line or the name the shows up on the browser. It should be as easy as changing text on the front page. It should be built into the control panel but it doesnt seem to be.

[gjh42]

I'm sorry, but there are some things that you will just have to learn in order to run a website.

You may not need to learn any programming, but you will need to operate some utilities like Filezilla to move files to & from your server, and Notepad++ to follow directions and type your site name into a file.

[afo]

When I go to tools>Define page editor I find a section where I can edit the messages on the front page, but nothing that says define tag line or define how the website shows up in the browser.

As I said earlier, it's in

includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/meta_tags.php (to change the page name and tag line)

// page title
define('TITLE', 'Zen Cart!');

// Site Tagline
define('SITE_TAGLINE', 'The Art of E-commerce');
// Custom Keywords
define('CUSTOM_KEYWORDS', 'ecommerce, open source, shop, online shopping');