Disable Categories Tabs Menu On Checkout Pages

[gaffettape]

Hi,

Is there a way of disabling the categories tabs menu during checkout?

I'm already disabling the sidebars via the $flag_disable_right = true; and $flag_disable_left = true; settings in /common/tpl_main_page.php - could I use a similar method to disable the categories tabs menu during checkout too?

Thanks

[gjh42]

Yes, you can.
You need to add an if() test around the line that calls the categories-tabs file, in /includes/templates/your_template/common/tpl_header.php.
Alter that section to look like this:

<!--bof-optional categories tabs navigation display-->
<?php if (strpos($current_page_base, 'checkout') !== 0) { 
  require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_categories_tabs.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_categories_tabs.php'); 
} ?>
<!--eof-optional categories tabs navigation display-->

if (strpos($current_page_base, 'checkout') !== 0) {
says"if the current page name does not start with checkout, do this".

You could do a similar thing in tpl_modules_categories_tabs.php instead, if you wanted.

[gaffettape]

Hi Glenn,

I really appreciate the reply

I'm using a purchased template - the bit of code within tpl_header.php that calls the (customized) categories-tabs file (aka categories_css.php, I think) looks like it already has an if statement around it:

<!--bof-optional categories tabs navigation display-->
<?php
 if (CATEGORIES_TABS_STATUS == '1') {
     require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory('categories_css.php'));
 } ?>
<!--eof-optional categories tabs navigation display-->

Can I still apply your suggested method to that^ bit of code?

Thanks

[gjh42]

Yes, you would add my test to the existing test, like this:

 if ((CATEGORIES_TABS_STATUS == '1') and (strpos($current_page_base, 'checkout') !== 0)) { 

[gaffettape]

Perfect! ...almost one last thing - could I set which pages do and don't display the tabs menu via an "array" like the one I use to disable sidebars? Rather than the "if the current page name starts with checkout" method? Reason being that I have some checkout pages that don't start with "checkout" for instance a "no_account" page added by Numinix's FEC module.

[gjh42]

You could certainly do that instead. You didn't mention that you had anything different from stock checkout.