fatal error on admin page

I installed Zen Cart with no issues. I've added mfgs, categories, products, etc... I was trying to follow the directions for customizing the "Sales Message Goes Here" and "Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce Solution." Now I cannot log-in to my admin page. I get the following:

Warning: require(includes/languages/custom.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admin/includes/init_includes/init_languages.php on line 31

Warning: require(includes/languages/custom.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admin/includes/init_includes/init_languages.php on line 31

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/languages/custom.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /admin/includes/init_includes/init_languages.php on line 31

I have checked line 31 on admin/includes/init_includes/init_languages.php and it is only "?>" I have not touched this file manually with any of the directions I've followed tonight.

Can anyone help please?!!?!?

I was trying to follow the directions for customizing the "Sales Message Goes Here" and "Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce Solution." Now I cannot log-in to my admin page.
Which file/files did you alter...make sure you have NO blank
spaces after final ?> in those file/files

I followed these directions: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=142

I decided I didn't like the "custom" template for the time being, switched back to green, and then I went here :https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=132

I was getting frustrated because the 1st instruction, to turn the side boxes on or off, didn't actually produce any results on my page. I refreshed all my FireFox tabs and that's when I could no longer get to my admin log-in.

@ the "real job" now...will have to investigate more tonight...

if you copy

includes/languages/english.php

to the file it is looking for

includes/languages/custom.php

it might work and at least get something workable. I can't get close to getting that error by following the instructions but it looks like you may have added a new language so to get you to be able to look around I would guess that you would copy that file over until you can work out what happened.

Hey Matt - that worked but now I am getting this error:
Warning: require(...store/includes/languages/custom/meta_tags.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in ...store/admin/includes/languages/custom.php on line 50

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '...store/includes/languages/custom/meta_tags.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in ...store/admin/includes/languages/custom.php on line 50

The error is right...there is no such file in my directory. There isn't one in my master zen downlaod folder either. Any ideas where to get one or if I make one what it needs to have in it?

WOW - I fixed the above and another and another and another...
Now I have this error and I have no idea how to fix this one. HELP PLEASE!

Fatal error: Call to a member function get_template_dir() on a non-object in /home/plaklc09/public_html/store/admin/includes/languages/custom/credit_cards.php on line 46

Above this error is text listing all the differrent menus and sub menus on the admin page. I can click on any of them but cannot access any. Clicking one just refreshes the page.

Can anyone tell me which files to reload to reset my store BUT I don't want lose all my items, categories, and manufacturers I've set up?

wildfire1629:

Hey Matt - that worked but now I am getting this error:
Warning: require(...store/includes/languages/custom/meta_tags.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in ...store/admin/includes/languages/custom.php on line 50

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '...store/includes/languages/custom/meta_tags.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in ...store/admin/includes/languages/custom.php on line 50

The error is right...there is no such file in my directory. There isn't one in my master zen downlaod folder either. Any ideas where to get one or if I make one what it needs to have in it?

I have a meta_tags.php file in includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php

to me it looks like you have a configuration file with "custom" in it instead of "english" and so it's looking for the folder and contents of includes/languages/english with regards to below, if you can find that file and change it back then you won't loose any products or things you have entered in.

I don't know what you entered when following the instructions because when I went through the article you mentioned it didn't do anything much at all.

includes/languages/custom.php
That is not a valid zencart file as far as am aware

Within your admin, under Localization, just check which languages you have installed. You should have English as the default on a standard store, but it appears that you have a "custom" setting, which your store is defaulting to.

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