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    Default New here and having lots of trouble with my cart

    i have v1.3.9h, i have just started populating my store. I can't get rid of the "sales message goes here". i found the question answered but don't have a clue where to find the text editor or wherever it said to go. it's like i have a different set of tools.
    i like what i see but i am finding hard for someone with not a lot of experience to follow these instructions. thanks for any help you can give.

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    Default Re: New here and having lots of trouble with my cart

    There's no built-in text editor in Zencart, save for product descriptions, EZ pages and define pages. When the tutorial refers to 'your text editor' as that one does, the idea is that you will download the file to your local computer using your FTP program (many here use Filezilla, I use the FireFTP plugin for Firefox) and edit it using a good text editor (I use Notepad++, there are other good ones) before uploading it back to the server.

    You want to search the tutorials for 'custom' and create your custom template first, so you'll have the proper folders to place your edited files in.

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    Default Re: New here and having lots of trouble with my cart

    There is no escaping the fact that (if you want to manage and administer your own site), you need some knowledge of "webmastering". These include:

    1. understanding FTP and how it works.
    2. editing program files using a plain text editor
    3. basic html, css and possibly, bits of PHP too.

    This forum does not "teach" any of these things, because they are "universal" skills, applicable to any website.

    When you come here, it is assumed you have the basic knowledge referred to in 1, 2 and 3 above.

    Learning this is not difficult, and if an idiot like me can get to grips with it, then so can anyone.

    There are many tutorials that teach the basics of web mastering. Try W3schools.com as a starting point.

 

 

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