1 Topic by eth00
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Hi there,

I'm a relatively new user of Magento and I'm trying to find a file referred to as:
frontend/default/default/template/checkout/cart/sidebar.phtml  which is in the magento demo store and included with the base install.

Does anyone know how I can find this?

2 Reply by G-Man
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Your best bet would be to connect to your server with an FTP client and browse through the directory structure to get to the required files.

If you're using a control panelPlesk,  FTP details are viewable by log in, click on home, your domain, setup - you can view the ftp user, change the password if you don't remember it, and the host is always ftp.yourdomainname (i.e. ftp.domainname.co.uk).  There is also a file manager facility in the control panel that lets you browse through your webspace in the same manner.

3 Reply by inceweb
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As G-Man mentions, you can use the file manager utility in your Plesk control panel.

When you installed Magento, the installer asked for a base directory, e.g. magento. If so, the file you want is located at:
/httpdocs/magento/frontend/default/default/template/checkout/cart/sidebar.phtml

If you didn't specify a base directory, the file would be located at:
/httpdocs/frontend/default/default/template/checkout/cart/sidebar.phtml

A word of caution, however; the folders default/default contain the template delivered by Magento as standard, and your changes may be overwritten by subsequent upgrades. You may want to consider creating your own template; too much detail to go into here, but in brief Magento will always look for a template specific version of a file before reverting to the default.

In this case your file would be named something like this:
/httpdocs/magento/frontend/default/myshop/template/checkout/cart/sidebar.phtml
Where "myshop" is the name of the template.

I hope this helps!

Adrian.

www.inceweb.com