Headerless Blank Sidebox

[DannyB]

I'd like to add a sidebox to Zen Cart with no header, just a blank box I can place a graphic and link in. I downloaded the Blank Sidebox mod.

From what I can tell, in the stylesheet.css document, the sideboxes header is defined by

.leftBoxHeading,.rightBoxHeading {
margin: 0em;
background-color: #ffffff;
background-image: url(../images/tile_back.gif);
padding: 0.5em 0.2em;
background-repeat: no-repeat;

So I figured I'd just copy/paste/modify a bit to come up with this. (BTW, is this called a "class"?)

.blankBoxHeading {
margin: 0em;
background-color: #ffffff;
padding: 0.5em 0.2em;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

(Same thing, just no tile image for the header which would effectively make no header)

The question I have is: How do I change what a single sidebox looks for in the stylesheet? In other words, how do I get one single sidebox to run without a header while the others are unchanged? I thought there would be something in the blank sidebox files that defines that and I could just point it to my new .blankBoxHeading, but no luck. Suggestions?

[Kim]

pssst- to have no header or footer on your sidebox, call the header_box.

[DannyB]

I'm afraid I don't follow you...

is header_box a file or ?? I searched it in the Developers Tool Kit and found nothing.

[Kim]

Make a copy of the includes/modules/sideboxes/CUSTOMIZED_SIDEBOX.php and put it in you /modules/CUSTOM_TEMPLATE/ directory.

Modify this line in that file:

      require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default); 

Change to:

      require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_box_header.php', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . 'tpl_box_header.php'); 

***Edited to fix the syntax***