Hide What's New and Best Sellers Sideboxes

[AirsoftOutfitter]

I want to hide the What's new sidebox and Best Sellers Sidebox on my home page but I still want the column to be there as I want to create image graphics/ads to place in the side box on the right hand side.

Would it be best to code these in, or add sideboxes for banner images?

Thanks a bunch. I am thinking I need to edit the Best_Sellers.php file and Whats_New.php?

[misty]

Turn them off via admin, tools, layout controller.
Images....use Banner Box or install blank sidebox
or logo sidebox mod/s from Free Software Addons...
Link top left of this page

[AirsoftOutfitter]

Turn them off via admin, tools, layout controller.
Images....use Banner Box or install blank sidebox
or logo sidebox mod/s from Free Software Addons...
Link top left of this page

If I turn them off then they are turned off for every page, I only want them turned off for the home page. How is this done

[misty]

Scroll down to foot of this page....previous threads asking
similar i.e.
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52941

[AirsoftOutfitter]

Scroll down to foot of this page....previous threads asking
similar i.e.
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52941

Thanks for the reference, but still doesn't seem to do what I am wanting to accomplish. If I do this approach it get's rid of the entire sidebox column. I want the column on the right, just no "Best Seller" & What's New Sideboxs

[Ajeh]

Using your templates and overrides, customize the best_sellers.php sidebox with the code in red:

// bof: turn off best sellers on home page
if ($this_is_home_page) { 
    $show_best_sellers= false;
}  
// eof: turn off best sellers on home page

  if ($show_best_sellers == true) {

Customize the whats_new.php sidebox with the code in red:

// bof: turn off whats_new on home page
if ($this_is_home_page) { 
    $show_whats_new= false;
} else {
    $show_whats_new= true;
}
// eof: turn off whats_new on home page

// display limits

and then lower in the code:

  if ($show_whats_new && $random_whats_new_sidebox_product->RecordCount() > 0 ) {

[AirsoftOutfitter]

Using your templates and overrides, customize the best_sellers.php sidebox with the code in red:

// bof: turn off best sellers on home page
if ($this_is_home_page) { 
    $show_best_sellers= false;
}  
// eof: turn off best sellers on home page

  if ($show_best_sellers == true) {

Customize the whats_new.php sidebox with the code in red:

// bof: turn off whats_new on home page
if ($this_is_home_page) { 
    $show_whats_new= false;
} else {
    $show_whats_new= true;
}
// eof: turn off whats_new on home page

// display limits

and then lower in the code:

  if ($show_whats_new && $random_whats_new_sidebox_product->RecordCount() > 0 ) {

I did as you said, but they are still on? The directory I altered the files in was:

mysite.com/mytemplate/includes/modules/sideboxes/mytemplate/

is this correct?

If I add the code you metioned further down it shuts everything off on all the pages...$show_whats_new && $random_whats_new_sidebox_product->RecordCount() > 0 ) {

[Ajeh]

If you just do the Best Sellers sidebox ... does that work correctly?

[AirsoftOutfitter]

I did as you said, but the "whats_new" is still on? The directory I altered the files in was:

mysite.com/mytemplate/includes/modules/sideboxes/mytemplate/

is this correct?

If I add the code you mentioned further down in the "whats_new" file it shuts everything off on all the pages...$show_whats_new && $random_whats_new_sidebox_product->RecordCount() > 0 ) {

[AirsoftOutfitter]

If you just do the Best Sellers sidebox ... does that work correctly?

Best Sellers worked fine, just the "what's new" doesn't go off. I tried removing the else {
$show_whats_new= true;

code as that is the only difference in the "best seller" and "what's new" but nada...