"Tax" text not showing up on checkout

On the checkout page, the total section where there are subtotal, shipping, tax, etc -- tax text is not showing up, rather it's shown as blank. The price for tax is displaying, just not the "Tax" text itself. I have tried editing this file:

includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_tax.php

It still doesn't take effect. How can this be fixed?

From what I see in your several posts, you are trying to go about all this the hard way.
It's not uncommon for new folks to rely on coding ability rather than learn where the switches are for various functions/selections. Been there, done that, got the shirt.

Changing flat rate to Priority Mail and wanting to edit php files to have tax show up are what's sending me on the assumption jump.

Time spent learning is NEVER wasted. I would humbly suggest that you take a deep breath, back up to the start, get a fresh copy of 1.5, rip the cellophane off the docs folder, take the time to see what the menus in the admin contain, and you will be much happier and wiser in the end.

There are a lot of HEAVILY modified Zen Carts out there that have never had a core file edited other that a define page or stylesheet.

Every time you edit a core file with variables, you run the risk of munging up the one above or under it without knowing it until, one day, a word like tax fails to properly appear.:no:

Thank you for your response... I have found my answer, and it worked just fine. I referred to the following link:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62073

Thanks anyways.

Not trying to beat you down, but trying to help others who lurk.

Thank you for your response... I have found my answer, and it worked just fine. I referred to the following link:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62073

Thanks anyways.My point exactly.
In the docs folder that comes with every download, there is an index.html file that lists two Read me first options (numbers 3 and 4). The first is for installation.
Clicking on that link takes you step-by-step through a new installation until you get to a Blue Heading that says. "Next Steps."
Clicking on the link takes you to the Basic Checklist. (it's also in the wiki.)
You'll find that step one of that checklist starts one on the road to setting up taxes. Steps 10-12 finalize taxes for one's site.

It's not unusual (I did it myself in 2004) to say, "I can program in (insert language(s) here), so I'll just throw this puppy up there and "get 'er done."

If we could just get folks to use the docs provided, we'd probably cut the 180,600+ threads by 20-40%:yes:

Again, I'm not pointing a finger at you. I empathize with you as I did the same. I just can't pass up an opportunity to teach that the docs are there for more than simply having an even number of directories in the installation zip file.

If we learn from our mistakes, why don't I have SEVERAL doctorates?
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