getting rid of the Sales Message Goes Here message

hi , i am new to zen , could someoun please tell me how to get rid of the
Sales Message Goes Here at the top of the store?

brianrudie:

hi , i am new to zen , could someoun please tell me how to get rid of the
Sales Message Goes Here at the top of the store?

Go Here its all you need>>https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=127

Hi, Does anyone know how to change the color and font for the "Your Sales Message Goes Here" banner?
Thanks,
Theresa

Nevermind...I figured it out. But I am having trouble changing the color of the boxes. Do you know where I can change teh default green boxes to another color?
Thanks,
Theresa

I hope you're using the template override system. If you make changes to the template_default or classic folders, all your changes will be lost with the next upgrade/update.

A lot of the colors are controlled by the stylesheet.

You can see some of the free templates available for Zen Cart at http://(sorry, site offline)/

I'm not sure if I'm using the template override system. I'm totally new to this and am trying to figure it out on my own but I feel so lost. How can I check to see if I'm using the override system? Thanks for any help.
Theresa

Hi again,
Thank you for the link to the templates. I have found one that I would like to use instead of the green one I have now. Will I lose all of the products I uploaded if I switch to a new template?
Thanks,
Theresa

The products won't be effected by the template change. You will lose your sidebox settings, but all you have to do is go into admin->tools->layout boxes controller and hit the reset button at the bottom.

To install the template, follow the directions in the "read me" file and then go to admin->tools->template selection and select the template from the pulldown menu.

It's normal to feel lost when starting out with Zen Cart but the day will come when you'll wonder why you thought it was so difficult. :smile:

Okay... I think I really screwed something up here...I downloaded the zip file for the template I wanted to my local computer, extracted, and then I transferred the contents of the includes folder for my new template using my FTP. I saw the selection for the new template I wanted under the Tools--Template selection after I transferred the files, but when I selected it and rechecked my site....I saw PURE WHITE EVERYWHERE!!! So then I downloaded Zen Cart onto my local computer again, extracted the files, and uplaoded the includes folder for Zen Cart onto my server to replace the old one (in hopes that it would fix things because I wasn't really sure what I messed up). Then I tried transferring the contenets of the template I wanted once again (the one I tried earlier) using my FTP. Now, I have 3 selections in the dropdown menu for templates under the tools section. Two for purpleshades (the one I wanted) and one for the Green contemporary. The problem now is that one of the templates listed as purpleshades really isn't the purple shades template when I select it and then go check my site (it's some other template instead)....and the other purpleshades looks like the one I want...but all of the categories on the left are missing and the page is rearranged. The green contemporary one looks like it did before (with all of the categories listed on the left and everything) but I'd rather use the purple shades. What in the world have I done??!!:oops:

Let's see a link to your site.

Probably best now to delete all the purpleshades folders in your templates folder (and in languages/english) and start again with just the 'classic'.

Make sure that one works OK, then upload purpleshades again. Sounds like you had a corrupted file the first time.

I removed the purpleshades files and the green classic was working fine. When I uploaded the purpleshades again it did the same thing. Please send me an email and I will give anyone who can help a link to my site and instructions for getting in (I've requested info from vendors and I don't want them to see a crappy site up and running).

Theresa
[email protected]

Thanks to everyone for all of the great help! I still can't get the purpleshades to show up properly, but I decided to use a different template and it is transferring over just fine.

I am going to use the ZenCart jQuery Silver and was wondering if anyone knows how to make the template fill up more of the page on the sides so that there isn't so much blank space.

Also, does anyone know how to make little boxes behind each of the listings in the categories section? I would like to have more than just text for people to click on.

Theresa

tclayla:

Thanks to everyone for all of the great help! I still can't get the purpleshades to show up properly, but I decided to use a different template and it is transferring over just fine.

I am going to use the ZenCart jQuery Silver and was wondering if anyone knows how to make the template fill up more of the page on the sides so that there isn't so much blank space.

Also, does anyone know how to make little boxes behind each of the listings in the categories section? I would like to have more than just text for people to click on.

Theresa
Apparently there's a "wide" version, but you'll have to scan the thread for it yourself :P
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99124

Hello,

Cannot seem to find the code in the css that changes the "Sales Message Goes Here" text color.

The stock color is a light gray and I would like to change it.

Can someone point me to which line of code in the stylsheet changes this.

Also, on a side note, are there any good offline editors for Windows that can be used to make changes to zencart?

Would be nice to have a exe app I can launch that connects with zencart and allows me to make changes within the editor then upload all the changes to the cart. Interested in free and paid solutions.

Thanks in advance
Cheers!