thanks for your help right now this is $smarty->template_dir = _PS_THEME_DIR_.'tpl'; $smarty->compile_dir = _PS_SMARTY_DIR_.'compile'; $smarty->cache_dir = _PS_SMARTY_DIR_.'cache'; $smarty->config_dir = _PS_SMARTY_DIR_.'configs'; $smarty->caching = false; $smarty->force_compile = false; //$smarty->debugging = true; $smarty->debug_tpl = _PS_ALL_THEMES_DIR_ . 'debug.tpl';