define HEADER sales option not on pull down menu

I am trying to alter my HEADER SALES TEXT, but the option is not in my html file editor..
I researched it on the tool box, found out it is at line 21 in the html orders, but I dont seem to have access to the full HTML for editing..
so whats up with that? I will keep reading and see if there is anyone else who has had that problem as well...
my tools html/text menu doe not seem complete

Via tutorials/FAQ.. link top right of this page
reveals
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=127

By "open the includes/languages/english/header.php file in your text editor", the tutorial means something like Notepad++ on your pc. The Zen Cart admin does not have the ability to edit that file, only files named "define_xxxxx".

I guess I am stupid or something, I do not have the define header option in my text editor, "define *** everything else is on the pull down for HTML but not the define header option..I am about ready to throw in the towel and go with another ecommerce page..

OK there are only a FEW pages that can be edited from within the zen cart admin
you will need to actually use an ftp program,

download the file from
includes/languages/english/header.php
to your computer,

they you will change the code located there to what you want
the default code looks like this

<?php /** * @package languageDefines * @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce * @license <http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt> GNU Public License V2.0 * @version $Id: header.php 2940 2006-02-02 04:29:05Z drbyte $ */ // header text in includes/header.php define('HEADER_TITLE_CREATE_ACCOUNT', 'Create Account'); define('HEADER_TITLE_MY_ACCOUNT', 'My Account'); define('HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS', 'Shopping Cart'); define('HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT', 'Checkout'); define('HEADER_TITLE_TOP', 'Top'); define('HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG', 'Home'); define('HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF', 'Log Out'); define('HEADER_TITLE_LOGIN', 'Log In'); // added defines for header alt and text define('HEADER_ALT_TEXT', 'Powered by Zen Cart :: The Art of E-Commerce'); define('HEADER_SALES_TEXT', 'TagLine Here'); define('HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH', '192px'); define('HEADER_LOGO_HEIGHT', '64px'); define('HEADER_LOGO_IMAGE', 'logo.gif'); // header Search Button/Box Search Button define('HEADER_SEARCH_BUTTON','Search'); define('HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT', 'Enter search keywords here'); ?>

so to change

the art of ecommerce,

you would actually change this line

define('HEADER_ALT_TEXT', 'Powered by Zen Cart :: The Art of E-Commerce');

to read

define('HEADER_ALT_TEXT', 'whatever you want here');

then you would save the file and then re-upload it,

wow, I feel so close and yet so far. I now have my sql/editing link on my server, which of course is like reading how to assemble a bicycle in asian. All these boxes and everything..I know its in there but where?
do you guys happen to know how to do this in my SQL? Where I would find it?
I mean the list on the left looks like the options I had on the online part but I still cannot find the define options...does anyone know what I am talking about, since I don't know what I am talking about? Does Zen cart have a help line?

Please close the browser,
your going to confuse yourself even more,

ftp stands for File Transfer Protocol,

you need to get a program like filezilla then download the actual files to your PC make the changes described above then re-upload toe files....

these changes are NOT done in the database,
these once again are actual FILE based changes

thanks for making it plain and clear...I felt like I was chasing my tail. I thought my godaddy had the FTP "translator" but I felt like I was assembling a bicycle with instructions in a foreign language. I see I can download the zilla..okay

wow, still working on it. I am going into my FTP manager at my hosting site. tried to download just the edit text. I think I am going to try to find this whole file, download it, alter it and send it back on the shoot...
trial and error and learning curve..yikes

thats exactly what I said to do
download the file
make the changes
save
re-upload

well at least I have it denying me now...all day nothing has been happening, now it is saying denied, unable to upload, socket write error..
all I did was change the words, I(in that one spot) not the single quotes or anything, figured it out getting it to word pad, back on the list and back again...
oh well, at least I am getting something new now even though it isnt working...

did it, but nothing has happened. are updates supposed to be immediate? If so, I guess it didnt work...
try try again. I even made sure it was php format, not just word pad..

anyone know what this means?

Warning: Unexpected character in input: '' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/content/s/a/c/sacredgoddess/html/includes/languages/english/classic/header.php on line 2

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/content/s/a/c/sacredgoddess/html/includes/languages/english/classic/header.php on line 2

can you paste the top 10 or so lines from that file here

thats what comes up on the screen when I try to log on to the shop by url...
I am a woos.
I am going to start from scratch again, for the 3rd time...
then see what happens..
I will be up again late tonight I can tell..

I dont want to have to go back and figure out where I went wrong on this when I dont know what I am doing in the first place.
I may dig in deeper and waste allot time in the process...I will trash it and reload it..thank god I have nothing in the store or anything in it. Thought I would start with the page front before starting into this and getting too deep, since its my first try at this "webpage stuff"

I can tell you I know all about cutting and pasting, and I didnt leave out any ( ) or ' ' everything was in tact.
this is a direct copy from what I got off my ftp/html feed
all I did was substitute the sacred goddess part;

<?php /** * @package languageDefines * @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce * @license <http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt> GNU Public License V2.0 * @version $Id: header.php 2940 2006-02-02 04:29:05Z drbyte $ */ // header text in includes/header.php define('HEADER_TITLE_CREATE_ACCOUNT', 'Create Account'); define('HEADER_TITLE_MY_ACCOUNT', 'My Account'); define('HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS', 'Shopping Cart'); define('HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT', 'Checkout'); define('HEADER_TITLE_TOP', 'Top'); define('HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG', 'Home'); define('HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF', 'Log Out'); define('HEADER_TITLE_LOGIN', 'Log In'); // added defines for header alt and text define('HEADER_ALT_TEXT', 'Powered by Zen Cart :: The Art of E-Commerce'); define('HEADER_SALES_TEXT', 'Welcome to the Sacred Goddess Shop'); define('HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH', '192px'); define('HEADER_LOGO_HEIGHT', '64px'); define('HEADER_LOGO_IMAGE', 'logo.gif'); // header Search Button/Box Search Button define('HEADER_SEARCH_BUTTON','Search'); define('HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT', 'Enter search keywords here'); I dont seem to have the "Custom" choice after english on my ftp files....

You have to create your own custom folders and files.

To create a very basic custom template (you can build from there), you need:

• includes/languages/YOUR_TEMPLATE/english.php
• includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/index.php
• includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/meta_tags.php
• includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/header.php (to change the logo)
• includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/template_info.php
• includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_header.php
• includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_footer.php
• includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/images/logo.gif
• includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/css/stylesheet.css

Anywhere you see a /classic/ folder, you can create a folder for your custom template. You can copy the necessary files from either the /classic/ folder, the /template_default/ folder or the parent folder.

Edit includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/template_info.php to give your template identifying information so you'll recognize it in the admin under tools->template selection.

Here is a loaded question, I right clicked at the top and got the following code for what appears to be the whole page (starts right after this paragraph)..what if anything can I alter on it, and the million dollar question, when I go to my ftp maintenance, where do I put this, will it over ride everything? I love how I can see SALES MESSAGE GOES HERE> I am so tempted to change just that, put it on my ftp list and just put the whole d a m thing on.
eeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrgh

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en"> <head> <title>Zen Cart!, The Art of E-commerce</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name="keywords" content="ecommerce, open source, shop, online shopping " /> <meta name="description" content="Zen Cart! - ecommerce, open source, shop, online shopping" /> <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no" /> <meta name="author" content="The Zen Cart™ Team and others" /> <meta name="generator" content="shopping cart program by Zen Cart™, <http://www.zen-cart.com> eCommerce" /> <base href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="includes/templates/classic/css/stylesheet.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="includes/templates/classic/css/stylesheet_css_buttons.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="includes/templates/classic/css/print_stylesheet.css" /> </head> <body id="indexBody"> <div id="mainWrapper"> <!--bof-header logo and navigation display--> <div id="headerWrapper"> <!--bof-navigation display--> <div id="navMainWrapper"> <div id="navMain"> <ul class="back"> <li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/">Home</a></li>

<li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=login">Log In</a></li>

</ul> </div> <div id="navMainSearch"><form name="quick_find_header" action="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result" method="get"><input type="hidden" name="main_page" value="advanced_search_result" /><input type="hidden" name="search_in_description" value="1" /><input type="text" name="keyword" size="6" maxlength="30" style="width: 100px" value="Enter search keywords here" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Enter search keywords here') this.value = '';" onblur="if (this.value == '') this.value = 'Enter search keywords here';" /> <input type="submit" value="Search" style="width: 45px" /></form></div> <br class="clearBoth" /> </div> <!--eof-navigation display--> <!--bof-branding display--> <div id="logoWrapper"> <div id="logo"><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/"><img src="includes/templates/classic/images/logo.gif" alt="Powered by Zen Cart :: The Art of E-Commerce [home link]" title=" Powered by Zen Cart :: The Art of E-Commerce [home link] " width="192" height="64" /></a></div> <div id="taglineWrapper">

  <div id="tagline"><h1>Sales Message Goes Here</h1></div>
</div>

</div> <br class="clearBoth" /> <!--eof-branding display--> <!--eof-header logo and navigation display--> <!--bof-optional categories tabs navigation display--> <!--eof-optional categories tabs navigation display--> <!--bof-header ezpage links--> <!--eof-header ezpage links--> </div> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="contentMainWrapper"> <tr> <td id="navColumnOne" class="columnLeft" style="width: 150px"> <div id="navColumnOneWrapper" style="width: 150px"><!--// bof: categories //--> <div class="leftBoxContainer" id="categories" style="width: 150px"> <h3 class="leftBoxHeading" id="categoriesHeading">Categories</h3> <div id="categoriesContent" class="sideBoxContent"> <hr id="catBoxDivider" /> <a class="category-links" href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=products_all">All Products ...</a> </div></div> <!--// eof: categories //--> <!--// bof: reviews //--> <div class="leftBoxContainer" id="reviews" style="width: 150px"> <h3 class="leftBoxHeading" id="reviewsHeading"><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=reviews">Reviews  [more]</a></h3> <div id="reviewsContent" class="sideBoxContent centeredContent">There are currently no product reviews.</div></div> <!--// eof: reviews //--> <!--// bof: information //--> <div class="leftBoxContainer" id="information" style="width: 150px"> <h3 class="leftBoxHeading" id="informationHeading">Information</h3> <div id="informationContent" class="sideBoxContent"> <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none;"> <li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=shippinginfo">Shipping & Returns</a></li> <li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=privacy">Privacy Notice</a></li> <li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=conditions">Conditions of Use</a></li> <li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=contact_us">Contact Us</a></li> <li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=site_map">Site Map</a></li> <li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=gv_faq">Gift Certificate FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=discount_coupon">Discount Coupons</a></li> <li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=unsubscribe">Newsletter Unsubscribe</a></li> </ul> </div></div> <!--// eof: information //--> <!--// bof: moreinformation //--> <div class="leftBoxContainer" id="moreinformation" style="width: 150px"> <h3 class="leftBoxHeading" id="moreinformationHeading">More Information</h3> <div id="moreinformationContent" class="sideBoxContent"> <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none;"> <li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=page_2">Page 2</a></li> <li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=page_3">Page 3</a></li> <li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=page_4">Page 4</a></li> </ul> </div></div> <!--// eof: moreinformation //--> <!--// bof: bannerbox //--> <div class="leftBoxContainer" id="bannerbox" style="width: 150px"> <h3 class="leftBoxHeading" id="bannerboxHeading">Sponsors</h3> <div id="bannerboxContent" class="sideBoxContent centeredContent"><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=redirect&action=banner&goto=2" target="_blank"><img src="images/banners/125zen_logo.gif" alt="Zen Cart the art of e-commerce" title=" Zen Cart the art of e-commerce " width="125" height="38" /></a></div></div> <!--// eof: bannerbox //--> </div></td> <td valign="top"> <!-- bof breadcrumb --> <div id="navBreadCrumb">Home </div> <!-- eof breadcrumb --> <!-- bof upload alerts --> <!-- eof upload alerts --> <div class="centerColumn" id="indexDefault"> <h1 id="indexDefaultHeading">Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce Solution.</h1> <h2 class="greeting">Welcome <span class="greetUser">Guest!</span> Would you like to <a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=login">log yourself in</a>?</h2> <!-- deprecated - to use uncomment this section <div id="" class="content">This is the main define statement for the page for english when no template defined file exists. It is located in: <strong>/includes/languages/english/index.php</strong></div> --> <!-- deprecated - to use uncomment this section <div id="" class="content">Define your main Index page copy here.</div> --> <div id="indexDefaultMainContent" class="content"><span style="font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">You made it! You found the goddess...but the goddess is not here, she is in business meetings while the contractors are working hard on building her future store. Come back next year! 2008!<br /></span></span></div> <!-- bof: whats_new --> <!-- eof: whats_new --> <!-- bof: featured products --> <!-- eof: featured products --> <!-- bof: specials --> <!-- eof: specials --> </div> </td> <td id="navColumnTwo" class="columnRight" style="width: 150px"> <div id="navColumnTwoWrapper" style="width: 150px"><!--// bof: bannerboxall //--> <div class="rightBoxContainer" id="bannerboxall" style="width: 150px"> <h3 class="rightBoxHeading" id="bannerboxallHeading">Sponsors</h3> <div id="bannerboxallContent" class="sideBoxContent centeredContent"><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=redirect&action=banner&goto=6" target="_blank"><img src="images/banners/bw_zen_88wide.gif" alt="Zen Cart the art of e-commerce" title=" Zen Cart the art of e-commerce " width="88" height="27" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=redirect&action=banner&goto=5" target="_blank"><img src="images/banners/sashbox_125x50.jpg" alt="Sashbox.net - the ultimate e-commerce hosting solution" title=" Sashbox.net - the ultimate e-commerce hosting solution " width="125" height="50" /></a></div></div> <!--// eof: bannerboxall //--> <!--// bof: search //--> <div class="rightBoxContainer" id="search" style="width: 150px"> <h3 class="rightBoxHeading" id="searchHeading"><label>Search</label></h3> <div id="searchContent" class="sideBoxContent centeredContent"><form name="quick_find" action="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result" method="get"><input type="hidden" name="main_page" value="advanced_search_result" /><input type="hidden" name="search_in_description" value="1" /><input type="text" name="keyword" size="18" maxlength="100" style="width: 120px" value="Enter search keywords here" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Enter search keywords here') this.value = '';" onblur="if (this.value == '') this.value = 'Enter search keywords here';" /><br /><input type="submit" value="Search" style="width: 50px" /><br /><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search">Advanced Search</a></form></div></div> <!--// eof: search //--> <!--// bof: bannerbox2 //--> <div class="rightBoxContainer" id="bannerbox2" style="width: 150px"> <h3 class="rightBoxHeading" id="bannerbox2Heading">Have you seen ...</h3> <div id="bannerbox2Content" class="sideBoxContent centeredContent"><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=redirect&action=banner&goto=3" target="_blank"><img src="images/banners/125x125_zen_logo.gif" alt="Zen Cart the art of e-commerce" title=" Zen Cart the art of e-commerce " width="125" height="125" /></a></div></div> <!--// eof: bannerbox2 //--> <!--// bof: languages //--> <div class="rightBoxContainer" id="languages" style="width: 150px"> <h3 class="rightBoxHeading" id="languagesHeading">Languages</h3> <div id="languagesContent" class="sideBoxContent centeredContent"><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=index&language=en"><img src="includes/languages/english/images/icon.gif" alt="English" title=" English " width="24" height="15" /></a>  </div></div> <!--// eof: languages //--> <!--// bof: currencies //--> <div class="rightBoxContainer" id="currencies" style="width: 150px"> <h3 class="rightBoxHeading" id="currenciesHeading"><label>Currencies</label></h3> <div id="currenciesContent" class="sideBoxContent centeredContent"><form name="currencies_form" action="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=index" method="get"><select name="currency" onchange="this.form.submit();"> <option value="USD" selected="selected">US Dollar</option> <option value="EUR">Euro</option> <option value="GBP">GB Pound</option> <option value="CAD">Canadian Dollar</option> <option value="AUD">Australian Dollar</option> </select> <input type="hidden" name="main_page" value="index" /></form></div></div> <!--// eof: currencies //--> <!--// bof: whosonline //--> <div class="rightBoxContainer" id="whosonline" style="width: 150px"> <h3 class="rightBoxHeading" id="whosonlineHeading">Who's Online</h3> <div id="whosonlineContent" class="sideBoxContent centeredContent">There currently is 1 guest online.</div></div> <!--// eof: whosonline //--> </div></td> </tr> </table> <!--bof-navigation display --> <div id="navSuppWrapper"> <div id="navSupp"> <ul> <li><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/">Home</a></li> <li></li> </ul> </div> </div> <!--eof-navigation display --> <!--bof-ip address display --> <div id="siteinfoIP">Your IP Address is: 71.202.81.137</div> <!--eof-ip address display --> <!--bof-banner #5 display --> <!--eof-banner #5 display --> <!--bof- site copyright display --> <div id="siteinfoLegal" class="legalCopyright">Copyright © 2007 <a href="http://www.zen-cart.com" target="_blank">Zen Cart</a>. Powered by <a href="http://www.zen-cart.com" target="_blank">Zen Cart</a></div> <!--eof- site copyright display --> </div> <!--bof- parse time display --> <!--eof- parse time display --> <!--bof- banner #6 display --> <div id="bannerSix" class="banners"><a href="http://sacredgoddessshop.com/index.php?main_page=redirect&action=banner&goto=1" target="_blank"><img src="images/banners/zencart_468_60_02.gif" alt="Zen Cart" title=" Zen Cart " width="468" height="60" /></a></div> <!--eof- banner #6 display --> </body></html>

this page dosnt really exist,
its created dynamically,

its many pieces,
header footer
center column, ( new arrivals and featured boxes )
left and right columns, ( all the sideboxes are seperate items )

so you need to please follow the directions listed above to change the sames message text,

and look inthe wiki for getting started,
you may also want to click the link at the top right of this page and look into getting the book,