By default, Zen Cart places a lot of information on the home page of your web site and are displayed in the following order:

• Breadcrumb links
• Congratulations!
• Welcome Guest!
• Home page text
• New Products
• Featured Products
• Special Products
• Upcoming Products

Follow the instructions below to modify or change the information.

BREADCRUMB LINKS
The breadcrumb is the trail of links at the top of the center section of your web site. On the home page the trail is "Home", on interior pages this trail will be expanded to show the visitor where he or she is in your web site. You can turn this off completely or turn it off for the home page only.

• Scroll over "Configuration" and click on "Layout Settings" (18th selection).
• Click on the 4th line, "Define Breadcrumb Status".
• Select 0= OFF, 1= ON, or 2= Off for Home Page Only.
• Click update to make your changes.
• NOTE: The 3rd line allows you to define the character that separates the breadcrumb links.

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED...
Follow these instructions for changing this file using BlueHost or Host-99 hosting.

• Log in to your web host control panel using the username and password your host provided.
• In the "Files" section of your cPanel click on "File Manager".
• A new window will open showing all of the directories and files hosted on your server.
• Double click on the "includes" folder.
• Double click on the "languages" folder.
• Double click on the "english" folder.
• Click once on the index.php file.
• Click on the "Edit" button at the top of the page.
• Find the line that reads:
  
  // This section deals with the "home" page at the top level with no options/products selected
  /*Replace this text with the headline you would like for your shop. For example: 'Welcome to My SHOP!'*/
  define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce Solution.');
  } elseif ($category_depth == 'nested') {
  // This section deals with displaying a subcategory
  /*Replace this line with the headline you would like for your shop. For example: 'Welcome to My SHOP!'*/
  define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart™ E-Commerce Solution.');
  }
  
  and change to:
  
  // This section deals with the "home" page at the top level with no options/products selected
  /*Replace this text with the headline you would like for your shop. For example: 'Welcome to My SHOP!'*/
  define('HEADING_TITLE', ' ');
  } elseif ($category_depth == 'nested') {
  // This section deals with displaying a subcategory
  /*Replace this line with the headline you would like for your shop. For example: 'Welcome to My SHOP!'*/
  define('HEADING_TITLE', ' ');
  }
• Change the text within the single quotation marks. NOTE: Your new text MUST begin and end with a single quotation mark. EVEN IF YOU HAVE NO TEXT TO DISPLAY. If it does not, your site will display odd text.
• Click "Save Changes" at the top of the page.

WELCOME GUEST!
If you would like to TURN OFF THE GREETING:

• Scroll over "Configuration" and click on "Layout Settings" (18th selection).
• Click on "Customer Greeting - Show on Index Page" (26th line).
• Select 0 to turn it OFF.
• Click "update" to make your changes.

If you would like to CHANGE THE GREETING:
Follow these instructions for changing this file using BlueHost or Host-99 hosting.

• Log in to your web host control panel using the username and password your host provided.
• In the "Files" section of your cPanel click on "File Manager".
• A new window will open showing all of the directories and files hosted on your server.
• Double click on the "includes" folder.
• Double click on the "languages" folder.
• Double click on the "english" folder.
• Click once on the index.php file.
• Click on the "Edit" button at the top of the page.
• Find the line that reads:
  
  // Showcase vs Store
  if (STORE_STATUS == '0') {
  define('TEXT_GREETING_GUEST', 'Welcome Guest! Would you like to log yourself in?');
  } else {
  define('TEXT_GREETING_GUEST', 'Welcome, please enjoy our online showcase.');
  }
• Change the text within the single quotation marks. NOTE: Your new text MUST begin and end with a single quotation mark. EVEN IF YOU HAVE NO TEXT TO DISPLAY. If it does not, your site will display odd text.
• Click "Save Changes" at the top of the page.

HOME PAGE TEXT

• Navigate to Tools --> Define Pages Editor in the admin section of your web site.
• Select HTMLarea in the text editor selection in the upper right hand portion of the page.
• Select define_main_page.php from the drop down list.
• Make changes to the text and click on "save" to make your changes.

NEW, FEATURED, SPECIAL AND UPCOMING PRODUCTS

• Scroll over "Configuration" and click on "Index Listing" (23rd line).
• The first four lines have the order in which the New, Featured, Special, and Upcoming products will be displayed. You can change the sort order or set the value to 0 if you do not want the section to be displayed.
• To make the change, simply click on the line for the section. In the right portion of the page, select 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4. Click the update button to make your changes.