EZ pages sidebox exclusion doesn't seem to work

[gjh42]

If you were seeing "not ez-page" even on ez-pages, that indicates that the test
if (!isset($ez_page_id))
is not working correctly.
Maybe the variable $ez_page_id is misspelled in the example?

A check in the Developers Toolkit shows no matches in the ZC files for $ez_page_id, but a bunch for $ezpage_id.

Change $ez_page_id to $ezpage_id and this code should work.

[kuroi]

Change $ez_page_id to $ezpage_id and this code should work.

There was indeed a misspelling in the FAQ, which has now been corrected.

[barco57]

Glenn,
I tried the simplified test code....its a no go. If I use it on the categories sidebox it stops display of all sideboxe, content, footer......If I apply it to the search sidebox then the category sidebox will show but then the rest of the page fails to parse.....


I get the same behavior from the code on the tutorial page

[gjh42]

That is because the test code (and the tutorial code it was adapted from) contained a misspelled variable name.

It needs to be $ezpage_id, not $ez_page_id.

The problem with this was that it wouldn't hide sideboxes, not that it caused errors. Do you have some setting that will halt execution if a nonexistent variable is called?

[ctcentralinfo]

Thanks for the update. I am wondering if it were possible to have a sidebox ONLY show up on EZ pages generated pages.

[ctcentralinfo]

I know that excluding a sidebox from all other pages except for EZ pages is a little bit more complicated, but I am using the stylesheet to exclude all sideboxes except the one for easy pages is possible using a similar code:

#allDepartmentsMainContent .buttonRow {display: none;}

[gjh42]

You can easily set any sidebox to display only on ez-pages, by reversing the test code given above, like this:

if (isset($ez_page_id)) { 
  //code to execute on ez-pages
} 

[gjh42]

You can also use CSS to hide a sidebox except where desired:

#sideboxid {display: none;}

#pageBody #sideboxid {display: block;}

This hides the "sideboxid" box except on ez-pages.

[ctcentralinfo]

You can also use CSS to hide a sidebox except where desired:

#sideboxid {display: none;}

#pageBody #sideboxid {display: block;}

This hides the "sideboxid" box except on ez-pages.

I know this is a rhetorical question but you add the sidebox id to the code above code?

[gjh42]

All CSS code goes in your stylesheet (/includes/templates/your_template/css/stylesheet.css).

Replace sideboxid with the name of your sidebox; this can be found in View Source, by looking at the <div id="sideboxid"> above the sidebox output.