english.php override

I have copied english.php to
includes/languages/cool_1/english.php

but the changes I make to that file are not shown on my site. However, if I make changes to
includes/languages/english.php
the changes DO appear on my site.

In Admin, under Template Selection, I added a "new language" thinking that may work, but it didn't help. My template selector now looks like this:

Default(All) - cool_1 - cool_1
English - cool_1 - cool_1

Do I need to remove the Default(All) to make my override english.php be seen by Zen?

which version zc are you using?

are any other mods installed?

is "cool_1" the name of your template?

if so, are all other changes you may have made in files under this template showing up?

Frank

https://www.frnt.org/zencart

I'm using version 1.3.8a with no mods.

cool-1 is indeed the name of my template.

All the other overrides appear to be working as expected - it is only english.php that is causing me grief.

I have double checked the directory name too many times to count. I'm thinking I should do a fresh install and start over - I must have unknowingly altered something I shouldn't have.

tippy2:

I have copied english.php to
includes/languages/cool_1/english.php

but the changes I make to that file are not shown on my site.
I'd be checking to verify that the file has actually uploaded correctly, and that it's not 0 bytes in size (which would suggest an FTP failure on upload).

If the file doesn't exist, or exists but is blank, or exists without any define statements in it to override, then the master defines will be loaded from the main english.php.

Thus, if your changes are not appearing, it suggests that the file is damaged, incomplete, missing, or has the wrong filename ... all on the server side, regardless of what's on your PC where you're doing your editing.

Thank you very much for your assistance!! It was indeed a corrupted file. I uploaded again and it works perfectly. Sorry for not checking this before posting my query.