removing sideboxes.

[ebaobao]

i'm having a difficult time removing sponsors, have you seen, whos online boxes on the right side of website. admin>tools>layout boxes controller doesn't have corresponding php files for them. are they controlled somewhere else?

[stevesh]

No they're there (or should be), but may be called something different. Sponsors is bannerbox and Have You Seen is bannerbox2. Who's Online should be whosonline.

[ebaobao]

thanks steve. i see them. maybe they should have the same name for less confusion. would help people who are new to zc.

[kuroi]

If they all had the same name, how would people tell them apart? That would be more confusing.

The banner boxes are a very flexible resource that can be used for a variety of purposes. That's what the demo is showing. Homogenising them would defeat this objective.

[stevesh]

I think the OP meant that bannerbox should be named sponsors.php, etc.

[kuroi]

An even worse idea, as that would obscure their function as general purpose banner boxes.

"Sponsors" is merely one of many possible uses of that banner box.

[stevesh]

Hardly worse than naming them all the same, I'd guess. From a new Zenner's point of view, I think that naming them after the default heading text would make more sense, that's all. YMMV.

[DivaVocals]

thanks steve. i see them. maybe they should have the same name for less confusion. would help people who are new to zc.

As Kuroi explained, these are general purpose boxes, and naming them based on the SAMPLE data they contain does not make sense. Perhaps documentation to explain things would make the most sense.. I'm of the mindset that if the question is asked frequently, then a better explanation is in order.. This would ultimately be better for newbies..

[Kim]

Moderator's note: thread moved to General Questions as it is not version specific.