Customisation help

[viperofthepitstorm]

I am trying customise my site using ftp i know little about ftp so a easy to use program would be a good start. Also the main reason i want to do this is to add a site map to be indexed by google. I can use the admin area but using ftp is new so any help would be apreciated.

regards

Luke

[fairestcape]

FTP is simply a tool to transfer files between computers (typically, from your own machine to a remote server).

All customization is done by MODIFYING files prior to loading such files on your server.

If you want to create sitemaps (typically xml for Google) then try the sitemaps module in the downloads section.

[viperofthepitstorm]

So what i do is find the right file i want to edit and download it edit it create a copy and upload it back to the server???

[stevesh]

Exactly right.

A couple of good, free FTP clients are SmartFTP and Filezilla.

[viperofthepitstorm]

ok so i use the devolpers kit to find the file i want to edit download it using the ftp create a original and copy it back up to the server. ok how do i go about finding all the pages indexed on the site or are they contained in the sever files i assuem they are??

[stevesh]

All the Zencart files are on the server in whatever directory you installed them in.

If it's the root directory (that is, if when you load www.yoursite.com into your browser, your Zencart site shows up) it's probably the public_html folder.

[viperofthepitstorm]

ok thankyou for your help its much apreciated

[afo]

If you are going to edit php files, you'll need a good text editor like Notepad+ or Crimson Editor.

[fairestcape]

ok how do i go about finding all the pages indexed on the site or are they contained in the sever files i assuem they are??

If you mean INDEXING in the sense of creating an INDEX of pages for search engines, then NO, zencart does not index html pages.

As mentioned earlier, for sitemaps, consider using the Google Sitemap tool in the downloads section of this site.

[viperofthepitstorm]

ok so if i get this sitemap tool will it put the sitemap into my server fuiles or will i have to do that i vae very little skill with the use of ftp i would like a very detailed idoits guide to verifying my site and putting up a site map and also about ading links and editing my php ingen i have no exp so any help is much apreciated.

regards

Luke