New Products - Right Sidebar

[Scully]

How can I leave the New Products - Right Sidebar turned on for the index page, but turned off for all other pages?

Thanks!!

[Scully]

Actually, the entire right sidebar can probably go, on the secondary pages...not just the New Products. If that helps simplify things. :-)

[stevesh]

http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?...ll-other-pages

[Scully]

Stevesh, I tried following those instructions, but apparently I'm even more stupid than I thought, because I keep wiping out the entire page. Could you please explain it nice and slow, for this poor php-challenged moron, because I'm just not getting it. :-/

Sorry!

[Scully]

I've tried again, several times, and I'm just not getting it. Sorry to be so stupid...I know it's probably something that's incredibly easy to those who have more experience...but I really do need step-by-step help here. Thanks.

[stevesh]

Here's the code from includes/modules/sideboxes/whats_new.php: Add the red parts.

<?php
/**
* whats_new sidebox - displays a random "new" product
*
* @package templateSystem
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2010 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
* @version $Id: whats_new.php 15880 2010-04-11 16:24:30Z wilt $
*/

if ($this_is_home_page) {
$show_whatsnew = true;
} else {
$show_whatsnew = false;
}

if ($show_whatsnew == true) {
// display limits
// $display_limit = zen_get_products_new_timelimit();
$display_limit = zen_get_new_date_range();
$random_whats_new_sidebox_product_query = "select p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, p.products_price, pd.products_name,
p.master_categories_id
from (" . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p
left join " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd on p.products_id = pd.products_id )
where p.products_id = pd.products_id
and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'
and p.products_status = 1 " . $display_limit;

// $random_whats_new_sidebox_product = zen_random_select($random_whats_new_sidebox_product_query);
$random_whats_new_sidebox_product = $db->ExecuteRandomMulti($random_whats_new_sidebox_product_query, MAX_RANDOM_SELECT_NEW);

if ($random_whats_new_sidebox_product->RecordCount() > 0 ) {
require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_whats_new.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_whats_new.php');
$title = BOX_HEADING_WHATS_NEW;
$title_link = FILENAME_PRODUCTS_NEW;
require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
}
} ?>

Don't forget the stuff at the bottom, and save it to includes/modules/sideboxes/YOUR_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_NAME.

[gjh42]

The instructions stevesh linked to are not relevant for turning onn/off the whole sidebar. For that, you need one simple edit to /includes/templates/your_template/common/tpl_main_page.php (copy it from /template_default/ if you don't already have a custom copy).

There are instructions in the comments at the top of the file, but I will summarize:
Add a line near the top of the file (after the comments) and inside existing <?php .... ?> tags, like

if (!$this_is_home_page) {
  $flag_disable_right = true; //turn off right column except on homepage
} 

You can put it below this part:

// 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;
  } 

[Scully]

Now that's what I call timing! LOL I was just about to respond to stevesh's post telling him that it worked...but..............

So I changed the tpl_main_page.php file per your instructions, and now it works perfectly.

Thank you both!!!!!