copy default template

**belle** · 4 Dec 2006, 06:08 PM

I copied the default template so when I edit it if I mess it up I can go back to the original went through the steps several time but it has lost all its formatting http://208.106.175.151/ZenCart/ any ideas on what I did wrong

Belle

**belle** · 4 Dec 2006, 07:59 PM

ok I new as soon as i gave up and posted a i need help i would get it worked out lol

Now I don't seem to be able to get my css fire to make changes and yes I have updated it on my server and yes I have double checked to see if I am editing the template that is being used by the cart so any ideas ? Hey maybe by posting i will work it out again lol

Belle

**lib99** · 5 Dec 2006, 09:56 PM

Forgive me if you already understand how the template override system works. However, the beauty of the system is that you copy only those files that you will be changing and leave the rest where they are (no copy necessary). This will allow you to quickly identify your changes to Zen Cart. Plus you will always have the original available. (see FAQ's for more info)

As for your CSS file, are you sure that you are not getting caught with browser cache? Sometimes it will be necessary to clear your browser cache and/or use CTRL-F5 (hard refresh).

**kobra** · 6 Dec 2006, 12:06 AM

You are parsing this stylesheet includes/templates/test/css/stylesheet.css

Is this the one that you are editing?

**johnd** · 6 Dec 2006, 04:01 PM

Belle --
I took a look at your link. Nice. Some questions.
Where did you go to change the page bakground to black?
Where did you set the sidebox labels and backgounds to be the same color on both the left and the right columns?
I'm going nuts searching for the correct file to use to make things look different.
Can you tell I'm new at this?
Thanks
John

**laplatakid** · 6 Dec 2006, 06:16 PM

You change all, or at least most, of these things in your custom stylesheet.css. Some may require changes to the stylesheet_css_boxes.css file.

Specifically, the background color in changed right at the top of stylesheet.css, in the body {... background-color: your_color; ... } tag.

When I'm trying to locate a specific item in the stylesheet to change I often find it easiest to look at the page source to discover the class of the html tag (such as <td class="my_class"> ) and then search for that class in stylesheet.css.

Be sure you're using a custom template as described in the FAQs.

Jim