Specials Sidebox showing on home page only

[kburner]

If I change the code to read:

  if (isset($_GET['products_id'])) {
    $show_specials= true;
  } else {
    $show_specials= true;
  }

where it always evaluates to true, then I always have a specials sidebox ...

I have this in includes/modules/sideboxes/temp/specials.php

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

if (isset($_GET['products_id'])) {
$show_specials= true;
} else {
$show_specials= true;
}

And I still do not have images or descriptions, just doted lines.

Kim