Banner on Main Page Only

[BradSmith]

I should have done that to begin with, sorry. Here we go...


tpl_index_default.php

<!-- deprecated - to use uncomment this section
<?php if (TEXT_MAIN) { ?>
<div id="" class="content"><?php echo TEXT_MAIN; ?></div>
<?php } ?>-->


<?php
  if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET3 != '' && $banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET3)) {
    if ($banner->RecordCount() > 0) {
?>
<div id="bannerThree" class="banners"><?php echo zen_display_banner('static', $banner); ?></div>
<?php
    }
  }
?>

<!-- deprecated - to use uncomment this section
<?php if (TEXT_INFORMATION) { ?>
<div id="" class="content"><?php echo TEXT_INFORMATION; ?></div>
<?php } ?>-->

[Kim]

What banner group do you have your banner in? Do you have that group activated for the Header position 3?

[BradSmith]

The Banner has a custom group name, "PreOrder", but in the Config>Layout Settings I put "PreOrder" in the Banner Display Groups - Header Position 3... If the name needs to be something else in order for this to work, that's an easy fix!

[Kim]

Make sure you haven't spelled the group name differently in the Banner manager and that the banner is active.

Oh- also make sure your browser doesn't have ads blocked.

[BradSmith]

Everything looks okay in the banner manager, and the banner showed up on all of the pages before I took the code out of tpl_main_page... does the code (pasted above and into the tpl_index_default) need to have the words "PreOrder" in it, if that's what the banner group is called?

I am so absolutely lost here, I don't know what to do.

Again and again, thanks for continuing to help me try and solve this problem.

[BradSmith]

Taking a deep breath and trying to replay my steps...

First, I went to :

/includes/templates/template_default/common/tpl_main_page.php

and cut this code out,

<?php
  if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET3 != '' && $banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET3)) {
    if ($banner->RecordCount() > 0) {
?>
<div id="bannerThree" class="banners"><?php echo zen_display_banner('static', $banner); ?></div>
<?php
    }
  }
?>

and then pasted that code into


/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_index_default.php

[BradSmith]

Instead of editing the files in template_default, should I have copied tpl_main_page.php and tpl_index_default.php to my template folder (rickrushart) and edited them in that common folder?

[kuroi]

Yes. I was about to post that but you were a step ahead of me - a good sign!

If you already have a tpl_main_page.php in that directory, your latest changes would be being over-ridden.

[Kim]

Instead of editing the files in template_default, should I have copied tpl_main_page.php and tpl_index_default.php to my template folder (rickrushart) and edited them in that common folder?

Sorry - I made the assumption that you would put the edited files in your override directories.

[BradSmith]

Sorry - I made the assumption that you would put the edited files in your override directories.

Sorry, very obviously I thought I was using the override directory. I hope you aren't getting overly frustraited with me, as I'm really trying, here.


So, just to update the continuing chronicle that is my Banner on Main Page Only thread... I have taken the edited

includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_index_default.php

and moved it to the appropriate...

includes/templates/rickrushart/templates/tpl_index_default.php


next, I took the NON-EDITED

/includes/templates/template_default/common/tpl_main_page.php

and moved it to...

includes/templates/rickrushart/common/tpl_main_page.php



The result is that the banner now shows up on all pages - so, presumably, all I have to do is edit the banner code out of the tpl_main_page.php file again, right? Let's see!