How to remove or change “Sales Message Goes Here”
By default the header in your ZenCart store displays a sales message that you can personalize.
Before we begin, please remember to ALWAYS make a backup of a file BEFORE you edit. That way, if something goes wrong, you can upload your backup until you figure out what went wrong.
To remove or edit the text “Sales Message Goes Here” as shown below…
we will need to edit the header.php file.
If you are using the default template, this file will be located here:
yoursite/zencart/includes/languages/english/classic
After opening the file in Notepad or WordPad, look for this snippet of code:
// added defines for header alt and text
define(‘HEADER_ALT_TEXT’, ‘Powered by Zen Cart :: The Art of E-Commerce [home link]‘);
define(‘HEADER_SALES_TEXT’, ‘<h1>Sales Message Goes Here</h1>’);
define(‘HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH’, ‘200px’);
define(‘HEADER_LOGO_HEIGHT’, ‘70px’);
define(‘HEADER_LOGO_IMAGE’, ‘logo.gif’);
Change “Sales Message Goes Here” to something else and then save the file.
Upload the file back into the classic folder and your new message will appear:
Alternatively, you can just remove the text all together by deleting “Sales Message Goes Here” from the file. Save the file and upload it and the message will no longer appear:
If you run into any troubles or have a question, just let me know below. 
Related tutorials that might interest you:
- How to replace the ZenCart logo with your own
How to edit the ZenCart header image
How to change the background color in ZenCart
How to edit SiteMap links in ZenCart
How to change the width of your osCommerce store
Tags: ZenCart, ZenCart 1.3.8 Tutorials
great tutorial very useful
Greetings,
Thank you for taking time to put these tutorials up for us noobs.
I thought I was following exactly this tutorial to change the “sales message goes here”. Carefully leaving all the markup in place, and only changing the text about message goes here.
But what I ended up with was, “HEADER_SALES_TEXT” instead of the welcome message I typed in.
Any thoughts would be most appreciated,
Thanks much,
Ron White
PS, I am using version 1.3.8.1 of zencart.
Hi Ron, it sounds like you may have deleted the ‘ character – either before or after your text.
define(’HEADER_SALES_TEXT’, ‘Sales Message Goes Here’)
If you copy/paste the above line for me to view here, I can check it for you
Thank you Garae,
Per your instructions, I have copied and pasted the whole line into the file with the same results. I have included below the original text that came with zencart. It has some “h1″ in it. Perhaps this will help.
define(‘HEADER_SALES_TEXT’, ‘Sales Message Goes Here’);
Thank you again for taking time to help. I know I have to be missing something simple here. But to miss an inch or a mile with this code has the same result.
Thanks again
Follow-up,
The h1 didn’t show up in the above email. It was supposed to appear just before and after the ‘Sales Message Goes Here’
Ron
Hi Ron! Can you email me your header.php file? You can send it to info @ geraelindsey.com (remove the spaces)
Gerae Lindsey,
I am very poor and very slow at building my online business. would you be willing to look at my zen cart site and show me what all i need to change to make it my own? i followed your instructions and was able to change the sales message, but there is a lot im sure i dont know anything about or where it exists to change it. also i tried to make my products downloadable and it didnt work. i followed the instructions for creating attributes to no avail. i finally deleted zen cart and reinstalled. i really could use your help please,
Gene
oh also gerae you can reach me at gene.wheeler@cox.net thank you so much
Hi Gene, I am sending you an email now
Hi Gerae,
I am facing the same problem as Ron White after removing the sales message goes here, it shows “HEADER_SALES_TEXT”
Please inform me the way to remove that.
Thanks in advance
Regards,
kopren
Hi kopren, I just sent you an email
Hi Gerae lindsey,
My name is Simon from Malaysia. Looking for someone who can help me set up my zencart. Please have a look at my website and how can i communicate with you.
Thanks
Simon
Hi Simon, please feel free to email at info @ geraelindsey.com (remove the spaces) with your needs.
Hello,
I have hosted my website and installed zen cart for web development
and the installation is done on the server where my domain is hosted
i have tried my level best to get rid of zan card book pix and msg
appearing in the middle of my main page but could not succeed!
can or will some one help me out as i can not go head with my project
of website development till this pix and matter is not removed
you may check my site.. http://www.herbslegacy.com
pls reply i need help
thanks
nasir
Hi Nasir, I tried to access your website but am receiving an error. Let me know when you have the store back up so I can take a look. Thanks
I’m using the admin panel to make all the changes to my site rather than do it by hand – is there a way to edit the header and footer through the Tools -> Define Pages Editor or must you do this by hand?
Hi Damien, as far as I know, you cannot edit those files in the admin area. They have to be opened in WordPad/NotePad and edited.
Hi, I am making a website for work, and my boss wants me to move “sales message goes here” (mine is acutally Writers Online Bookstore) down and centered above the categories. I know how to edit it, but I can’t figure out how to move it. I’m making our full site http://www.writersonlinebookstore.com in dreamweaver now it will be done in a day or two, but i’m not sure that I could edit my zen cart header in there, and I wouldn’t know what folder or code to look for or replace or add. Any help would be appreciated, i was supposed to have this done a long time ago, but I can’t figure it out. Thank you!!
Hi Rachael, check your email I just sent a fix for this