Show/Hide sideboxes based on page

[kuroi]

i want to hide the category sidebox untill a user logs in

Is that possible

It's not only possible, it's straightforward. You would make an over-ride copy of the includes/modules/sideboxes/categories.php file and then wrap all the executable statements inside this condition

if ($_SESSION['customer_id']) {

...

}

[kuroi]

I have created, using the editable sidebax contribution, a rotating set of vintage ads and other images on my antiques site and I would like for this sidebox to be active ONLY on the main page

This is also straightforward. In your modules/sideboxes/editable_sidebox.php file, change

$show_editable_sidebox = true;

to

$show_editable_sidebox = $this_is_home_page ? true : false;

[hharper1321]

This is also straightforward. In your modules/sideboxes/editable_sidebox.php file, change

$show_editable_sidebox = true;

to

$show_editable_sidebox = $this_is_home_page ? true : false;

Thanks for the help, kuroi!
H

[anniti]

Hi,
I use the blank sidebox for a legend, that I'd like to show only on the product-listing and product-description pages.
But how...
Thanks in advance, anna

[SHokuf]

Hi,
I use the blank sidebox for a legend, that I'd like to show only on the product-listing and product-description pages.
But how...
Thanks in advance, anna

My question is similar to this one. I want to only show the categories sidebox on the product pages.

Thanks!

[anniti]

hi SHokuf,

I did find a solution, probably not very elegant, but it works:

// test if box should display

$show_my_sidebox = false;
if ($_GET['main_page']=='product_info' or $_GET['main_page']=='index') {
$show_my_sidebox = true;
}
if ($this_is_home_page) {
$show_my_sidebox = false;
}


The HomePage is also an indexpage, that's why I had to add the second part.
regards, anna

[anniti]

sorry, I got confused,
for the productpages, you'd need:


// test if box should display

$show_my_sidebox = false;
if ($_GET['main_page']=='product_info') {
$show_my_sidebox = true;
}

[SHokuf]

Awesome! That worked!

Thanks so much!

[lazerradial2003]

Ok, so if I wanted to show a different sidebox depending on the base category the user was viewing, how would i find out the category and set the sidebox to display (rather than setting it not to display)?

[milobloom]

Sorry if has been answered before.

I want to Keep the Sidebars open ONLY for the main page and then turned off for all other pages.

How can I do that?