Turning off Gift Certificates is automatic if you go to the Admin ... Modules ... Order Totals ... and remove the Gift Certificates ...

EZ-Pages has its own sideboxe ... be sure to turn it on in the Layout Controller ...

Then in the Tools ... EZ-Pages ... the links you want to show need to be set for the Sidebox and have a Sort Order ...

There is also a global switch in the Configuration ... EZ-Pages Settings ... for controlling the Header, Footer and Sidebox ...