[SOLVED] Cant change titles on front page

[Artem]

How can i change titles on front page? Lets say to change from "Specials" to "News". And also, how can i change the links which are assigned to those titles, with same example.

 

Thank you.

Edited March 8, 2013 by Artem (see edit history)

[White Lion]

Dear Artem

 

Your can change it by editing header.tpl file in your theme directory.

then find correct link. you can do it very easy with Adibe Dreamweaver.

 

If you cant find that links in header.tpl you need to find header links module.

Please follow this way. you can find correct module.

1. log in to your back office. then go to

Back Office > Modules > Positions

 

you can find the module on "Top of pages" category.

Then find *.tpl file in the module directory.

Now you can find the links and edit it.

 

** Do not edit original file. keep backup and start to editing.

 

Good Luck.

[PascalVG]

Artem/White Lion,

 

The "Official way" to do this, is to use the Translations feature of Prestashop.

 

Most modules make use of this great feature by instead of adding Hard coded text in their module, they Encapsulate it with a special function l('...') (since I believe PS 1.5 changed a little to this->l('...') etc. ) where the '...' is the originally intended text.

 

The great thing is, Dependent on the language needed, people can edit the shown text in the Translations menu's.

For Example the Specials (as asked in the question above) can be changed in:

Localization->Translations.

 

The texts used in specific modules (Like The specials) can mostly be found in "Installed Modules translation" from the pop-up-menu.

 

If you do not want to change the language (e.g. English must stay English), but just need another (English) word, then click on the American Flag. (If you use another langage in your shop, just click the appropriate flag as needed)

There, look for (using the find feature in your editor) the original word (Specials). If you found the text, check a little in what group it is located. If it is in the wished for module, big chance you have the correct field to translate. (Once a while you need to find again to find the correct one. Give it a try and play with it a little)

Then, type in the new word you like to use (News) instead of the original one (Specials) in the field next to the original.

 

Save the file and reload your front page. Voila!

 

This way, you don't need to edit any source files, making upgrading much easier :-)

 

You can translate most of Prestashop using this feature. The front office texts, Back office texts, Email texts, PFD file texts, Module texts, Error messages. Very useful feature!

 

 

Hope this helped,

Pascal.

Edited February 7, 2013 by PascalVG (see edit history)

[benjamin utterback]

Hi Pascal, I would agree with you. Using the Localization>Translations module will allow you to change the text for any language!

[Artem]

Thx guys for the helped, i managed to change it finally

on another topic, considering payment. how can i do it so when clients choose what they would like to order, and proceed to payment, but it doesnt go to the payment page, instead i receive an email that such client made such order so i can contact him and confirm availability.

[White Lion]

Dear PascalVG

Thank you very much for advice. in next time, I'll do correct way.

 

[benjamin utterback]

Hi Artem, could you make a new forum post. For now I will name it topic SOLVED. Thank you for choosing PrestaShop!