Show/Hide sideboxes based on page

[gjh42]

Mmm yeah... posting at 3am... too tired to articulate that the individual sideboxes need to be controlled in their respective files and not in tpl_main_page:)

[kburner]

Just curious ... are you trying to turn off individual sideboxes or are you trying to turn off columns?

These variables and their values:
$flag_disable_left = true;
$flag_disable_right = true;

are used to control the left and right columns ... and, when placed correctly in the code the whole column will turn off ...

If you want to turn off individual sideboxes, look at how the featured.php sidebox module is written where you see:

// test if box should display
  $show_featured= true;

  if ($show_featured == true) {

currently, nothing "controls" or changes that sidebox but the code is there so that you "could" change when this shows such as only show the sidebox when on the main page:

// test if box should display
  $show_featured= true;

if (!$this_is_home_page) {
  $show_featured= false;
}
  if ($show_featured == true) {

Notice on this sidebox how the IF statement surrounds the whole code ...

Any sidebox where this type of IF does not exist, you can set it up yourself to have similar logic ...

Individual sideboxes...I will try it tonight. Thank you!

[Ajeh]

Mmm yeah... posting at 3am... too tired to articulate that the individual sideboxes need to be controlled in their respective files and not in tpl_main_page:)

Dontcha just hate helpin' in your sleep ... then waking up to find out what you really said versus what you thought you meant?

[kburner]

I am not good at this... I tried your code with includes/modules/sideboxes/temp file/testimonials_manager. And it still did not work.

// test if box should display
 $show_featured= true;
if (!$this_is_home_page) {
  $show_featured= false;
}
  if ($show_featured == true) {


$page_query = $db->Execute("select testimonials_id, testimonials_image, testimonials_title, testimonials_html_text, date_added  from " . TABLE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . " where status = 1  and language_id = " . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . " order by rand(), testimonials_title limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_TITLES ."");
if ($page_query->RecordCount()>0) {
      $title =  BOX_HEADING_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER;
      $box_id =  testimonials_manager;
      $rows = 0;
      while (!$page_query->EOF) {
        $rows++;
        $page_query_list[$rows]['id'] = $page_query->fields['testimonials_id'];
        $page_query_list[$rows]['name']  = $page_query->fields['testimonials_title'];
        $page_query_list[$rows]['story']  = $page_query->fields['testimonials_html_text'];
		$page_query_list[$rows]['image'] = $page_query->fields['testimonials_image'];

        $page_query->MoveNext();
      }
      $left_corner = false;
      $right_corner = false;
      $right_arrow = false;
      $title_link = false;
      require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_testimonials_manager.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_testimonials_manager.php');
      require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
    }
//EOF

I also tried it with changing the word featured to testimonials_manager....it takes sidebox and footer and everything off.

// test if box should display
 $show_testimonials_manager= true;
if (!$this_is_home_page) {
  $show_testimonials_manager= false;
}
  if ($show_testimonials_manager == true) {


$page_query = $db->Execute("select testimonials_id, testimonials_image, testimonials_title, testimonials_html_text, date_added  from " . TABLE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . " where status = 1  and language_id = " . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . " order by rand(), testimonials_title limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_TITLES ."");
if ($page_query->RecordCount()>0) {
      $title =  BOX_HEADING_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER;
      $box_id =  testimonials_manager;
      $rows = 0;
      while (!$page_query->EOF) {
        $rows++;
        $page_query_list[$rows]['id'] = $page_query->fields['testimonials_id'];
        $page_query_list[$rows]['name']  = $page_query->fields['testimonials_title'];
        $page_query_list[$rows]['story']  = $page_query->fields['testimonials_html_text'];
		$page_query_list[$rows]['image'] = $page_query->fields['testimonials_image'];

        $page_query->MoveNext();
      }
      $left_corner = false;
      $right_corner = false;
      $right_arrow = false;
      $title_link = false;
      require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_testimonials_manager.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_testimonials_manager.php');
      require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
    }
//EOF

[Ajeh]

I changed my code for the featured sidebox module to:

// test if box should display
  $show_featured= true;

if (!$this_is_home_page) {
  $show_featured= false;
}

and only see the Featured Sidebox on the Home Page ...

Now, let's check a few things ...

1 What version of Zen Cart?

2 When you say Featured Sidebox ... you do mean the Featured Sidebox in the Left or Right Column, correct?

3 What happens if you switch to Classic Template

4 Are you using templates and overrides?

5 in the Tools ... Developers Tool Kit ... if you do a search for:
if ($show_featured == true) {

what files come up, as in where are they located?

[Ajeh]

Also check the IF statements ... do they ALL have closing brackets?

I am seeing an odd number in what you displayed ...

[kburner]

I changed my code for the featured sidebox module to:

// test if box should display
  $show_featured= true;

if (!$this_is_home_page) {
  $show_featured= false;
}

and only see the Featured Sidebox on the Home Page ...

Now, let's check a few things ...

1 What version of Zen Cart? 1.3.8a

2 When you say Featured Sidebox ... you do mean the Featured Sidebox in the Left or Right Column, correct? the sideboxes on both left or right columns they are newsletter called subscribe, testimonials_manager, links sidebox

3 What happens if you switch to Classic Template

4 Are you using templates and overrides? Yes

5 in the Tools ... Developers Tool Kit ... if you do a search for:
if ($show_featured == true) {

It is located at: includes/modules/sideboxes/featured.php

what files come up, as in where are they located?

I went to includes/modules/sideboxes/temp name/testimonials_manager.php

inserted this code at top

$show_featured= true;

if (!$this_is_home_page) {
  $show_featured= false;
}
I even tried it with changing featured to testimonials_manager and did not work.

Should I put code into includes/templates/temp file/sideboxes/tpl_testimonials_manager.php instead?

[Ajeh]

No ... you need to post your code for the testimonial manager from the first line to the last line so we can see that you have balanced all of the IF statements ...

[kburner]

includes/modules/sideboxes/temp/testimonials_manager.php

// test if box should display
$show_featured= true;

if (!$this_is_home_page) {
  $show_featured= false;
}

$page_query = $db->Execute("select testimonials_id, testimonials_image, testimonials_title, testimonials_html_text, date_added  from " . TABLE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . " where status = 1  and language_id = " . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . " order by rand(), testimonials_title limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_TITLES ."");
if ($page_query->RecordCount()>0) {
      $title =  BOX_HEADING_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER;
      $box_id =  testimonials_manager;
      $rows = 0;
      while (!$page_query->EOF) {
        $rows++;
        $page_query_list[$rows]['id'] = $page_query->fields['testimonials_id'];
        $page_query_list[$rows]['name']  = $page_query->fields['testimonials_title'];
        $page_query_list[$rows]['story']  = $page_query->fields['testimonials_html_text'];
		$page_query_list[$rows]['image'] = $page_query->fields['testimonials_image'];

        $page_query->MoveNext();
      }
      $left_corner = false;
      $right_corner = false;
      $right_arrow = false;
      $title_link = false;
      require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_testimonials_manager.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_testimonials_manager.php');
      require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
    }
//EOF

[Ajeh]

Try this code, instead:

// test if box should display
$show_testimonials_manager= true;

if (!$this_is_home_page) {
  $show_testimonials_manager= false;
}

if ($show_testimonials_manager == true) {
  $page_query = $db->Execute("select testimonials_id, testimonials_image, testimonials_title, testimonials_html_text, date_added  from " . TABLE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . " where status = 1  and language_id = " . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . " order by rand(), testimonials_title limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_TITLES ."");
  if ($page_query->RecordCount()>0) {
      $title =  BOX_HEADING_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER;
      $box_id =  testimonials_manager;
      $rows = 0;
      while (!$page_query->EOF) {
        $rows++;
        $page_query_list[$rows]['id'] = $page_query->fields['testimonials_id'];
        $page_query_list[$rows]['name']  = $page_query->fields['testimonials_title'];
        $page_query_list[$rows]['story']  = $page_query->fields['testimonials_html_text'];
		$page_query_list[$rows]['image'] = $page_query->fields['testimonials_image'];

        $page_query->MoveNext();
      }
      $left_corner = false;
      $right_corner = false;
      $right_arrow = false;
      $title_link = false;
      require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_testimonials_manager.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_testimonials_manager.php');
      require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
    }
}
//EOF

The variable:
$show_testimonials_manager

could be called anything ... but I like them to match the name of the sidebox ... plus, you do not want to repeat the same variables in sideboxes to avoid issues ...

But ... the variable must match the IF statement test ...