Display sidebox only on certain pages

[delia]

I want the something to only display on the home page and the categories pages but not the product list pages. I don't recall seeing a hook like that. Looking at the categories sidebox and the category tree functions, there is some code about that:

box_categories_array[$ii]['has_sub_cat']

.

I've not been able to figure out how to use that or if can be used for what I'm talking about.

Any ideas?

[DrByte]

Try:

if ($this_is_home_page || $category_depth == 'nested' || $category_depth == 'top')

[delia]

beautiful!

Code to put in the tricks box.

Thanks!

[trickobrien]

if ($this_is_home_page || $category_depth == 'nested' || $category_depth == 'top') 

What adjustment to this code would be necessary to have sideboxes display only on product list area?

and which file do I add it to?

[delia]

Based on this logic, add this to your main page template:

if ($category_depth == 'nested')

by wrapping it around the sideboxes.

If you do this you have to either remove the width from that table cell that is adjusted in admin / layout settings or set the width to nothing- empty. Without testing this out, I can't promise this will work.

But Dr.Byte may have a better suggestion because there are plenty of built in cute little hooks for that kind of thing.

[DrByte]

"top" = top-level categories
"nested" = cats and subcats
"products" = product-listing within said subcat

[gazag]

I have some side boxes that i don't want to show up on the home page but everywhere else how do i do that??

[DrByte]

!$this_is_home_page

[gazag]

!$this_is_home_page

Thanks for your reply but where do i put it?

I tried putting it in the top of the sideboxes i don't want to show on the home page and they won't show anywhere and the content of my home page disappears!!

[gazag]

!$this_is_home_page

Thanks for your reply but where do i put it?

I tried putting it in the top of the sideboxes i don't want to show on the home page and they won't show anywhere and the content of my home page disappears!!

Don't worry i found it https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=249