The infamous Congratulations line and more - I need help.

I will admit I know nothing about building a web page and I have waded thru pages and pages of info only to be even more confused. I have been changing stuff in zen cart a bit at a time but I am now at a point where I have stuff I have to change and I don't have a clue how to do it. So, my first problem is the infamous "Congratulations..." line. I have gone to the template help page concerning this I don't know how many times and what I am really confused about is - where is the "include" file? Is it in my zen cart? Is it in the public_html folder: Is it in the template folder I chose? I have checked it alland when it says to look for include/english/index_html (or something to that effect), I can find english, but there is nothing that resembles index in that file. Do I have it in on my laptop? So, in simple to understand language, can someone help this old lady? I don't understand about php files and I have yet to figure out how to change the image at the top of the page and put my own image/logo there. I would appreciate any and all help.

The tutorials are a resource for these often asked questions
I searched for "congratulations"
http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?167-how-do-i-change-the-congratulations!-you-have-successfully-installed-message

Any time one of the tutorials or a reply here in the forum refers to a file, it's talking about the files on your website's server. You access those files using an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program. Many here use a free program called Filezilla. I use the FireFTP plugin for the Firefox browser.

The Zencart 'includes' folder is in the 'public_html' folder, so to remove the Congratulations message, you would use your FTP program to access the files on your server, open the 'public_html' folder, then open the 'incudes' folder, then the 'languages' folder, then the 'english' folder and download (drag and drop) the index.php file to your local computer. Make the edit(s) mentioned in the tutorial and re-upload the file to the server. Since the language files are overridable, it should end up in the includes/languages/english/YOUR_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_NAME folder.

stevesh:

Any time one of the tutorials or a reply here in the forum refers to a file, it's talking about the files on your website's server. You access those files using an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program. Many here use a free program called Filezilla. I use the FireFTP plugin for the Firefox browser.

The Zencart 'includes' folder is in the 'public_html' folder, so to remove the Congratulations message, you would use your FTP program to access the files on your server, open the 'public_html' folder, then open the 'incudes' folder, then the 'languages' folder, then the 'english' folder and download (drag and drop) the index.php file to your local computer. Make the edit(s) mentioned in the tutorial and re-upload the file to the server. Since the language files are overridable, it should end up in the includes/languages/english/YOUR_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_NAME folder.

Thank you stevesh. I will see if I can find it and work on it today. I really have been trying to find answers, but when you are not used to flipping between a website and your laptop and changing code it's overwhelming. I'll keep you posted :smile:

Stevesh, I did exactly what you said, thanks so much! But when I go to my webpage, nothing has changed. Am I missing something?

A link to your page

kobra:

A link to your page

Ok, how do I do that? I'm not trying to be a pest, but I haven't done any code writing since college and that was a long time ago.

http: // www .zen-cart.com/

Add spaces to prevent it being a direct link

I give up. I'm sorry I don't understand what you are telling me.

The url to your website

If I want to see your website, what would I type into my browser address bar ? kobra and I want to see the site so that we can see if your changes worked for us. You may have to refresh the page or clear your browser cache to see the changes.

stevesh:

If I want to see your website, what would I type into my browser address bar ? kobra and I want to see the site so that we can see if your changes worked for us. You may have to refresh the page or clear your browser cache to see the changes.

www. belladulceyarns .com

I put spaces after and before the periods so it wouldn't link from here.

So you need to get/FTP a copy of the file located at this location to your PC

includes/languages/english/index.php

Make the edits as the tutorial instructs and save the file

FTP the file back to this location on your server - and create the folder if it does not exist

includes/languages/english/earthy-boutique/index.php

kobra:

So you need to get/FTP a copy of the file located at this location to your PC

includes/languages/english/index.php

Make the edits as the tutorial instructs and save the file

FTP the file back to this location on your server - and create the folder if it does not exist

includes/languages/english/earthy-boutique/index.php

So the first time I did it, I used the php file from the public_html. So, I have to go back now and do the same thing in the specific template that I am using, if I understand you correctly. Ok, I'll go do that. Wish me luck

Ok, so I went to the files as you told me to and believe it or not, there is no index.php. Everything I am opening up sends me back to the zen cart page. Is that possible? I know I'm doing this correctly because I"m following the steps you gave me.

Wait, wait! I realized what I did. BRB

GOT IT!!!! Now onto my next problem. How do I get rid of or change "Earth-Boutique" to BellaDulce Yarns?

Earthy-Boutique is an image located at

/includes/templates/earthy-boutique/images/logo.gif

Use a graphic editor and make another that states what you want and save it as a .gif named logo.gif

Use ftp and upload your created image to the location above

I got my name added, but I have a white box around it (which is better than it was - I had a whole 8.5x11 white box. Figured out how to cut it down to size. Still need to figure out how to make the background transparent. Downloaded GIMP to do the job. Something else to learn :-) Anyway, how do I get rid of the "Tag Line Here" or how do I change it?

http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?165-how-do-i-change-the-sales-message-goes-here-or-tagline-here-text