How do i make banner ads appear on the front page only?

[mjw2305]

I want to display banner ads in Header position 3, but i only want to show them on the home page of my website. Is there a simple piece of html code i can insert into the banner ad to hide it on all other pages?

[kuroi]

No. But if you mean banner set 2 in the header, then you can change this

if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 != '' && $banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2)) {

to this

if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 != '' && $banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2) && $this_is_home_page) {

[mjw2305]

Thanks for the reply, but it is definately Header position 3 that i want to show on the main page only - any thoughts?

Thanks in advance

[kuroi]

Although described as header position 3 in Admin > Configuration > Layout Settings, banner group set3 is actually displayed in the center panel. You can make this for the home page only by making a similar change to that explained above in your tpl_main_page.php.

[mjw2305]

I will definately try this, but can you please advise exactly what i need to change to achieve hiding banner set 3 on the main page - i have copied the text below from the tpl_main_page.php file, forgive my lack of knowledge, i m still in the process of learning about all this stuff

Many Thanks in advance



// the following IF statement can be duplicated/modified as needed to set additional flags
if (in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",'list_pages_to_skip_all_right_sideboxes _on_here,separated_by_commas,and_no_spaces')) ) {
$flag_disable_right = true;
}


$header_template = 'tpl_header.php';
$footer_template = 'tpl_footer.php';
$left_column_file = 'column_left.php';
$right_column_file = 'column_right.php';
$body_id = ($this_is_main_page) ? 'indexHome' : str_replace('_', '', $_GET['main_page']);
?>
>
RecordCount() > 0) {
?>




get_template_dir('tpl_header.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common'). '/tpl_header.php');?>

trail(BREAD_CRUMBS_SEPARATOR); ?>RecordCount() > 0) { ?> size('upload') > 0) echo $messageStack->output('upload'); ?> RecordCount() > 0) { ?>

get_template_dir('tpl_footer.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common'). '/tpl_footer.php');?>

[kuroi]

In default Zen Cart you would find the line in your tpl_main_page.php that is identical to the line to which I referred in my original post, except for referring to SET3 instead of SET2 and make the change that I recommended.

However, this line is not amongst the sample that your posted from your tpl_main_page.php file. This could mean that you haven't posted it all (it does look rather sparse) or that you are using a template whose author has removed it. Are you displaying this banner now?