Second step in setting up your cart - templates

[Old Cow]

I changed the green color of the classic theme in the stylesheet file. The only box I couldn't find to change the green color is left side "Sponsors" under "More Information", which shows now blue. What I am missing?

[chubbyboy]

can i ask how to add new functionalities, zencart provide left and right positions, can i ask to add center positions? so that we can move it to anywhere we want?

is that possible?

thanks master zenner

[mkm58]

I am having some trouble applying a template to my zen cart. I followed all the steps in the tutorial and used a template for my version, but for some reason when I apply the template, my zen cart shows up blank. It will only show up using the classic green template. Is there something I am missing??? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have been working at this all day.

[kuroi]

A completely blank page (if that's what you're seeing) usually means an error in the source code, or a corruption during uploading. But since you haven't told us anything about the template that you're trying to build or use, how you installed it, or given us a link to see how far it gets in its display, it's not really possible to be more specific.

[ajs002004]

I have just installed the 1.3.8. So far I have renamed my admin page and now I'm working on setting up my custom template from the following instructions: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=142

My front page is hideous so I must have done something wrong. My site is The Manicured Bonsai. I didn't try to customize in any way before this so the look is not intentional. It should only look like the default template. Trying to correct I added all of the files from the template default into my custom template folder figuring I don't need to but hoping it won't hurt.

Can someone help? Thank you!

[Ajeh]

You named your templates and overrides directory with caps and spaces ...

You would do better without the spaces ... and as a general rule, caps are best not to be used ...

Try it without the spaces and see if that naming works better ...

[ajs002004]

You named your templates and overrides directory with caps and spaces ...

You would do better without the spaces ... and as a general rule, caps are best not to be used ...

Try it without the spaces and see if that naming works better ...

Thankyou!....I've changed the template name. The only place I needed to change within a file was includes/templates/CUSTOM/template_info.php?? Just want to be sure I didn't miss changing reference to the template somewhere.

Any other suggestions?

[Ajeh]

The name in the template_info.php can be anything ...

What is the name of the directories that you are using for your templates and overrides files?

If you look at the Classic Template ... the name is called:
$template_name = 'Classic Contemporary Green';

But ... all of its directories are called:
classic

and you will see that it contains the directories:
/css
/images

then, in any place that templates and overrides can exist ... you will see:
/classic

Only files that are changed get places in template and override directories ...

What is the name that you are using for your templates and override directories?

If you copied the:
/css
/images

from the /template_default then you will look like you do ...

If you copied them from /classic then you would look like the Classic template ...

[ajs002004]

That's it!!! I was copying files from the default template rather than classic. THANK YOU!!!!!! I went ahead and deleted the files I hadn't altered as well. Thank you so much!!!!!

[Ajeh]

You are most welcome ... glad that you got your custom template sorted out and thanks for posting the cause of the problem and how you fixed it ...