how to display the number of items in a cart in the header

[Mja388]

Hi, I'm using a theme called Griffon Shop in prestashop 1.6 which has a shopping cart icon in the header. I would like it to display a digit next to the icon which shows the number of items currently in the cart. From what I can tell, the default prestashop theme already does this and have found that adding 

{$cart_qties}

somewhere will do the trick. However, I donn't know where I need to add it.

I would be really grateful if someone could advise.

Many thanks!

[sunnydesigner]

Hi,

Generally, it is the \themes\Theme_Name\modules\blockcart\blockcart.tpl file, you can ask the developer what the file name it is exactly.

Best regards.

[Mja388]

Thanks for your help ndiaga and sunnydesigner!

That's worked a treat! 

[Mja388]

Hi. I've just noticed that adding 

{$cart_qties}

to the blockpcart.tpl file works but ONLY when the page is reloaded after adding a product to the cart. Is there a way of making it update instantly? It seems to update immediately after removing the product from the cart ok.

Many thanks

Edited April 16, 2018 by Mja388
I've noticed it doesn't update automatically for the 1st item added to the cart but works ok afterwards. Any ideas? (see edit history)