Show/Hide sideboxes based on page

[jackie.taferner]

kezan98,

There's an easy CSS fix on this thread:
https://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76543

[kezan98]

Thanks Jackie

It worked for the first checkout page

#checkoutshippingBody  #shoppingcart, #bannerbox, #reviews, #ezpages {display:none;} 

but if I try to duplicate it for the pages that follow it does random things like show the shopping cart side box but push it all the way down to the bottom of the coloumn.

[jackie.taferner]

The code should be as follows:

#checkoutshippingBody #shoppingcart, #checkoutshippingBody #bannerbox, #checkoutshippingBody #reviews, #checkoutshippingBody #ezpages {display:none;}

otherwise, you call on the boxes in general, not specifically ones on the checkout page.

[kezan98]

Thanks

I think I've got it fixed bar a box that sits at the bottom of the coloumn but I'm not to bothered about that. Thanks you everyone who's helped me out today.

Kerrie

[neilg]

Is there a way I can turn off a right sidebox for just one particular ez-page?

Many thanks,
Neil

[frank18]

Is there a way I can turn off a right sidebox for just one particular ez-page?

Many thanks,
Neil

This tutorial may help:

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=233

[neilg]

Thanks so much Frank...the ability to do that right in admin makes life so easy!

Much appreciated!

[frank18]

Thanks so much Frank...the ability to do that right in admin makes life so easy!

Much appreciated!

My pleasure

[ak6000]

Just curious ... are you trying to turn off individual sideboxes or are you trying to turn off columns?

These variables and their values:
$flag_disable_left = true;
$flag_disable_right = true;

are used to control the left and right columns ... and, when placed correctly in the code the whole column will turn off ...

If you want to turn off individual sideboxes, look at how the featured.php sidebox module is written where you see:

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

  if ($show_featured == true) {

currently, nothing "controls" or changes that sidebox but the code is there so that you "could" change when this shows such as only show the sidebox when on the main page:

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

if (!$this_is_home_page) {
  $show_featured= false;
}
  if ($show_featured == true) {

Notice on this sidebox how the IF statement surrounds the whole code ...

Any sidebox where this type of IF does not exist, you can set it up yourself to have similar logic ...

How can I duplicate this logic for "categories sidebox" to turn the categories sidebox off on main page? I tried this on other sideboxes and they all work. but I don't know what should I use in category.php file. I used show_categories = fales; but it did not work.

[Ajeh]

You can customize the categories sidebox by using your templates and overrides for:

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

if ($this_is_home_page) {
$show_categories= false;
}


if ($show_categories == true) {
$main_category_tree = new category_tree;
$row = 0;
$box_categories_array = array();

// don't build a tree when no categories
$check_categories = $db->Execute("select categories_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " where categories_status=1 limit 1");
if ($check_categories->RecordCount() > 0) {
$box_categories_array = $main_category_tree->zen_category_tree();
}

require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_categories.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_categories.php');

$title = BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES;
$title_link = false;

require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
}
?>