Heading_title

Hi,
Wondering how to get rid of or modify the following on my site halfway down the page (http://hissigns.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=index):

HEADING_TITLE

TEXT_GREETING_GUEST
What does this do?

TThose are constants that should have defined text to display

Most commonly when a constant is displayed, it is the result of a mis-edited file

The developers tool kit can assist in locating them
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=38
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=39

Those are defined in includes/languages/english/index.php (or, if you've edited it, includes/languages/english/theme238/index.php), so that file is either missing, mis-edited or corrupted.

The kobra is quick ...

stevesh:

Those are defined in includes/languages/english/index.php (or, if you've edited it, includes/languages/english/theme238/index.php), so that file is either missing, mis-edited or corrupted.

The kobra is quick ...

I don't know what to do still. I do know where to alter the TEXT_GREETING_GUEST section but how do I hide this title altogether?

That constant is defined in index.php. You've evidently incorrectly edited the file.

The original file (includes/languages/english/index.php) contains the following:

// Showcase vs Store
if (STORE_STATUS == '0') {
  define('TEXT_GREETING_GUEST', 'Welcome <span class="greetUser">Guest!</span> Would you like to <a href="%s">log yourself in</a>?');
} else {
  define('TEXT_GREETING_GUEST', 'Welcome, please enjoy our online showcase.');
}

Copy/paste those lines into includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/index.php (where YOUR_TEMPLATE is the name of your custom template). If you don't want any greeting, change them to:

// Showcase vs Store
if (STORE_STATUS == '0') {
  define('TEXT_GREETING_GUEST', '');
} else {
  define('TEXT_GREETING_GUEST', '');
}

I made the single quotes different colors to make it clear.

As you have a template monster template it may or may not respond to standard settings as they take license with the way they code them

For the "TEXT_GREETING_GUEST", there is still a mis edit
but there is an admin switch for it in
admin > config > layout settings

afo:

That constant is defined in index.php. You've evidently incorrectly edited the file.

The original file (includes/languages/english/index.php) contains the following:

// Showcase vs Store
if (STORE_STATUS == '0') {
define('TEXT_GREETING_GUEST', 'Welcome <span class="greetUser">Guest!</span> Would you like to <a href="%s">log yourself in</a>?');
} else {
define('TEXT_GREETING_GUEST', 'Welcome, please enjoy our online showcase.');
}

> 
> Copy/paste those lines into includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/index.php (where YOUR_TEMPLATE is the name of your custom template).  If you don't want any greeting, change them to:
> 
> ```
// Showcase vs Store
if (STORE_STATUS == '0') {
  define('TEXT_GREETING_GUEST', '');
} else {
  define('TEXT_GREETING_GUEST', '');
}

I made the single quotes different colors to make it clear.

I checked my code and it appears to be exactly the same as yours. Any other ideas?

kobra:

As you have a template monster template it may or may not respond to standard settings as they take license with the way they code them

For the "TEXT_GREETING_GUEST", there is still a mis edit
but there is an admin switch for it in
admin > config > layout settings

Which "Title"/"Value"/"Action" do I need to change? I don't see one that can eliminate this.

Which "Title"/"Value"/"Action" do I need to change?
admin > config > layout settings > Customer Greeting - Show on Index Page

kobra:

admin > config > layout settings > Customer Greeting - Show on Index Page

But it ***is ***already set to zero=off. :(

You could add this to the stylesheet.

#indexCategoriesHeading {display:none;}

Hi any solution to my problem? (see above)

If admin settings or language defines do not affect your display, Template Monster has probably hard-coded something in a file. We can't know what they have done because they have so many non-standard practices.

Well if that's the case is there a better template site out there (with ecommerce capabilities also)?

A template site is totally irrelevant to e-commerce capabilities. What matters is the software that the template makes pretty or otherwise attractive to the target audience. If you look for Zen Cart template sites, just be aware that many of them are TM resellers.

Okay, but by saying "non-standard practices", did you imply that there are other template building companies that build templates better? Just curious.

There are free templates available for Zen Cart which do things the right way. You can see them at http://(sorry, site offline)/