can anyone tell me where i will find the code that allows me to redirect the continue shopping button from the products page to the index page.
 
This is not the same as when you are returning from a product add to cart as this has a category id, it is when you empty the cart after passing to it from the view basket button when you then press the continue shopping button it takes you to the products page, this is what we want to change

Its in "templates/user/block_basket.php" at line 215.

Hi Ned.
thanks for that , modification done,