Sidebox Overrides cont.?

[pensive612]

Hey everyone,

in continuing the archived post about controlling sideboxes dependent on the page...

using the code:

if ($_GET['main_page'] == 'index'){
  $show_(my sidebox) = true;
} else {
  $show_(my sidebox) = false;
}

has been working good. but i want to turn a sidebox ON for the main page, and OFF for the product listing pages. it seems they are both considered 'index'

is there a way for me to separate the two?


thanks in advance...

[Ajeh]

By index do you mean your home page?

If so, there is a variable for this:
$this_is_home_page

[pensive612]

thanks for your help, Ajeh.

i'm basically trying to find a way to differentiate, the index.php page from the index product listing page.

($_GET['main_page'] == 'index')

the product listing page URL is ...index.php?main_page=index&cPath

would it work if i used:

($_GET['main_page'] == 'index&cPath')

wondering if i can define that separately from the index page when turning off sideboxes?


i'm guessing your saying to pass that variable... but i'm not sure where to do it...

any advice would be appreciated.

thanks again...

[plumloopy]

Did you find a solution for this?

PL

[pensive612]

PL,

no unfortunately, i never did. still wondering...

i did use to have a dog that looked exactly like that though!

crazy...


i'll post it if i figure out the answer.

[plumloopy]

He's a Rhodesian Ridgeback!

For me I don't want the right sidebox to appear on the home page but I do want it in the cat listings and elsewherer - which is opposite of you. The /index trick doesn't work because it affects all pages that call the index. So the following works for me:

Instead of:

*/ $flag_disable_right = true; /**

I do this:

*/ if (empty($cPath)) $flag_disable_right = true; /**

This bases the column status on the status of the cPath variable (as shown in the address bar of the browser in cat listings). If that cPath variable is empty, the page will NOT display the right column.


Since we want opposite results, you should try this one instead:

*/ if (!empty($cPath)) $flag_disable_right = true; /**

If that cPath variable is NOT empty (as in all category pages), the page will NOT display the right column but it will on the home page.

Hope that helps,

-PL

[pensive612]

makes sense to me. should work perfect. thanks for the help..!