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

[finlander]

Maybe I'm a moron, but I can't simply get a banner to display at all. The following things are all in place and nothing shows.

1. My code (below) is from a 12leaves template and it appears in tpl_index_default.php in the centerbox area (just above boxes for New and Featured, etc., and just beneath all header and header navigation code).

2. In Tools >> Banner Manager, I uploaded an image and put it in a new banner group which I named freeship.

3. In Config >> Layout Settings, I put the group name 'freeship' in all of the locations to try to get it display, but it doesn't show up anywhere.

What am I missing?

<?php
if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 != '' && $banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2)) {
if ($banner->RecordCount() > 0) {
?>
<div id="bannerTwo" class="banners"><?php echo zen_display_banner('static', $banner); ?></div>
<?php
}
}
?>

[finlander]

I may have answered my own question.

I currently have home page opening to top-level cats, so I would need to put the code for <!-- Home page banner 2 --> in tpl_index_categories, not tpl_index_default.

I suppose that then I could use $this_is_home_page code to only show banner on home page.

[SPH]

Hi, trying to get a banner to appear on homepage only. Banner group set 4, what we call the footer1 banner immediately under products, etc.

Solution post 19 did not work. Gives blank page on homepage. Didn't try other pages.

Link to site:

http://www.findmypromdress.com/

Banner currently holds the Youtube link.

zc 1.3.9h

Thanks for any help.

sph
http://www.prommart.com/
http://www.fashion-mart.biz/

[Ajeh]

You should be able to use:

  if ($this_is_home_page && SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET4 != '' && $banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET4)) {

If you then are getting a blank page, check that you do not have space(s) or blank line(s) after the closing php ?> at the end of the file ...

[SPH]

Thanks. I had the code correct. I just discovered that when editing, the code becomes all jumbled-up, causing failure. This often happens lately, with code getting jumbled up when editing. Sometimes it still works; others not.

sph

[oustin]

To hopefully illuminate this issue rather than confuse it. Here is some code that I am currently using to create a banner cluster on the home page of a client's site.

I have brought together code for the first three banners, simplified it and wrapped a home page condition around it.

<?php
if ($this_is_home_page) {
  if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET1 != '' && ($banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET1)) && $banner->RecordCount() > 0) {
    echo '<div id="bannerOne" class="banners">' . zen_display_banner('static', $banner) . '</div>' . "\n";
  }
  if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 != '' && ($banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2)) && $banner->RecordCount() > 0) {
    echo '<div id="bannerTwo" class="banners">' . zen_display_banner('static', $banner) . '</div>' . "\n";
  }
  if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET3 != '' && ($banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET3)) && $banner->RecordCount() > 0) {
    echo '<div id="bannerThree" class="banners">' . zen_display_banner('static', $banner) . '</div>' . "\n";
  }
}
?>

Thanks Kuroi it's working perfect!