Need some technical help with Privacy and shipping policy

[phildemarco]

I know this sounds like a real nube question but I need some help here.I typed up my Privacy Policy and Shipping Policy in Note Pad.Now my question is can I just copy and paste these .txt into the spot for privacy policy and shipping policy catalog/includes/english/privacy.php or is there html coding involved? if so do I have to paste my note pad txt files into a html editor like dream weaver or coffee cup I have front page also. Please Help!!!!!!! I am so confused. :unsure: Thank you you all in advance.

 

Phil

[vazash]

I know this sounds like a real nube question but I need some help here.I typed up my Privacy Policy and Shipping Policy in Note Pad.Now my question is can I just copy and paste these .txt into the spot for privacy policy and shipping policy catalog/includes/english/privacy.php or is there html coding involved? if so do I have to paste my note pad txt files into a html editor like dream weaver or coffee cup I have front page also. Please Help!!!!!!! I am so confused. :unsure: Thank you you all in advance.

 

Phil

 

 

You will have to paste your privacy policy in this tag between the two quotes define('TEXT_INFORMATION', 'Put here your Privacy Notice information.');. For formatting purposes - like paragraphs, breaks, etc. you will have to use HTML tags. You can do this in any of the editors that you have mentioned above.

[jasonabc]

Now my question is can I just copy and paste these .txt into the spot for privacy policy and shipping policy catalog/includes/english/privacy.php

 

Do not use Frontpage. It's the worst editor you can use. Use Notepad if you have to - but not Frontpage.

 

If you've opened the file you list above then you will have seen this bit right near the top:

 

define('TEXT_INFORMATION', 'Put here your Privacy Notice information.');

 

So insert your new text where it says and FTP the privacy.php page up to the appropriate folder om your webserver. Same goes for Shipping.

[phildemarco]

Do not use Frontpage. It's the worst editor you can use. Use Notepad if you have to - but not Frontpage.

 

If you've opened the file you list above then you will have seen this bit right near the top:

 

define('TEXT_INFORMATION', 'Put here your Privacy Notice information.');

 

So insert your new text where it says and FTP the privacy.php page up to the appropriate folder om your webserver. Same goes for Shipping.

 

Jason What about html editor like dream weaver or coffee cup? what one would you recommend I am also a total nube when it comes to html.Do I paste it in one of these html editors and save it as a html document?I do not know enough about note pad to do all that coding.

:unsure: Thank you for your quick reply and help.

 

Phil

[jasonabc]

For just the Privacy and Shipping pages Notepad is fine ;-) They are extremely light/basic pages. Open them in Notepad - make your changes - save the file and then FTP them. You can open PHP pages in Notepad just fine.

 

The best coding editor I have ever used and still do is Homesite. Excellent for both client-side and server-side coding. Dreamweaver is an ok alternative, I don't know much about Coffee Cup. Frontpage likes to think it's cleverer than you and inserts it's own code - which completely buggers up your pages.

[phildemarco]

For just the Privacy and Shipping pages Notepad is fine ;-) They are extremely light/basic pages. Open them in Notepad - make your changes - save the file and then FTP them. You can open PHP pages in Notepad just fine.

 

The best coding editor I have ever used and still do is Homesite. Excellent for both client-side and server-side coding. Dreamweaver is an ok alternative, I don't know much about Coffee Cup. Frontpage likes to think it's cleverer than you and inserts it's own code - which completely buggers up your pages.

 

Jason Home site has a 30 day free trial if I download that what do I do? just just past my note pad txt into homesite and save it to html? I did not understand you when you said I could use note pad how do I put all those tags and breaks in there if I do not know how to code html I need a program that will insert it for me.Thanks for all your help.

 

Phil

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[jasonabc]

Ok I'll try and explain this as simply as possible ;-)

 

You need to edit a PHP file.

 

You can open that PHP file in Notepad. Insert the text you have written into the appropriate place (see my earlier post)

 

Once it's edited you can save it (still in Notepad!)

 

After it's saved - FTP that file from your PC to the same folder on your webserver. You don't save it as HTML, or need another editor. Open the privacy.php file, insert your code, save it and FTP it. It's that simple.

[phildemarco]

Ok I'll try and explain this as simply as possible ;-)

 

You need to edit a PHP file.

 

You can open that PHP file in Notepad. Insert the text you have written into the appropriate place (see my earlier post)

 

Once it's edited you can save it (still in Notepad!)

 

After it's saved - FTP that file from your PC to the same folder on your webserver. You don't save it as HTML, or need another editor. Open the privacy.php file, insert your code, save it and FTP it. It's that simple.

 

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! so much I feel like a idot your the best.

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[phildemarco]

Ok I'll try and explain this as simply as possible ;-)

 

You need to edit a PHP file.

 

You can open that PHP file in Notepad. Insert the text you have written into the appropriate place (see my earlier post)

 

Once it's edited you can save it (still in Notepad!)

 

After it's saved - FTP that file from your PC to the same folder on your webserver. You don't save it as HTML, or need another editor. Open the privacy.php file, insert your code, save it and FTP it. It's that simple.

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Jason I did exactly how you instructed me to insert text when I did I got one massive page all together no page breaks no seperation of paragraphs just one continus page.Any other suggestions on how I have to format them.

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[jasonabc]

Jason I did exactly how you instructed me to insert text when I did I got one massive page all together no page breaks no seperation of paragraphs just one continus page.Any other suggestions on how I have to format them.

 

You'll have to research basic HTML formatting tags. Just drop these into your text wherever you want formatting applied (paragraphs, page breaks etc). It doesn't get more basic/simple than this.