Removing Column from Main Page

I'm trying to remove the right column from my main page - I found in the FAQ instructions to modify my tpl_main_page by inserting this code:

if ($current_page_base == 'index' and $cPath == '')
$flag_disable_right = true;

which I have done to no effect. Am I missing something? Thanks

I'm in the process of upgrading to 1.5 and would like a plain landing page for my main page.

Make sure you have inserted the condition into the override folder, and that you don't have a condition later on that will set $flag_disable_right to false. I have always used the following

if($this_is_home_page) {
 $flag_disable_right = true;
}

Hope it helps.

Thanks - I'm using the apple-zen template, so maybe I need to post over on that thread. So far i can't get the tpl-main_page file to have any effect.

Try this code in templates>yourtemplate>templates>tpl_index_default.php
Just under this

add this

if (in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",'indexHome')) ) {
$flag_disable_left = true;