Disable Categories Tabs Menu On Checkout Pages

Hi,

Is there a way of disabling the categories tabs menu during checkout?

I'm already disabling the sidebars via the $flag_disable_right = true; and $flag_disable_left = true; settings in /common/tpl_main_page.php - could I use a similar method to disable the categories tabs menu during checkout too?

Thanks :smile:

Yes, you can.
You need to add an if() test around the line that calls the categories-tabs file, in /includes/templates/your_template/common/tpl_header.php.
Alter that section to look like this:```php

says"if the current page name does not start with checkout, do this".

You could do a similar thing in tpl_modules_categories_tabs.php instead, if you wanted.

Hi Glenn,

I really appreciate the reply :smile:

I'm using a purchased template - the bit of code within tpl_header.php that calls the (customized) categories-tabs file (aka categories_css.php, I think) looks like it already has an if statement around it:

<!--bof-optional categories tabs navigation display-->
<?php
 if (CATEGORIES_TABS_STATUS == '1') {
 	require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory('categories_css.php'));
 } ?>
<!--eof-optional categories tabs navigation display-->

Can I still apply your suggested method to that^ bit of code?

Thanks :smile:

Yes, you would add my test to the existing test, like this:

 if ((CATEGORIES_TABS_STATUS == '1') and (strpos($current_page_base, 'checkout') !== 0)) {

Perfect! ...almost:blush: one last thing - could I set which pages do and don't display the tabs menu via an "array" like the one I use to disable sidebars? Rather than the "if the current page name starts with checkout" method? Reason being that I have some checkout pages that don't start with "checkout" for instance a "no_account" page added by Numinix's FEC module.

You could certainly do that instead. You didn't mention that you had anything different from stock checkout.

Okay, almost there! ...my current bit of code looks like this:

<!--bof-optional categories tabs navigation display-->
<?php
 if ((CATEGORIES_TABS_STATUS == '1') and (strpos($current_page_base, 'checkout') !== 0)) {
 	require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory('categories_css.php'));
 } ?>
<!--eof-optional categories tabs navigation display-->

How would I edit the above to use an "array" rather than the "if page is checkout" method?

Thanks for the help so far :smile:

Replace```php
(strpos($current_page_base, 'checkout') !== 0)

with```php
(in_array($current_page_base, explode(',', 'checkout_page_one,checkout_page_two,no_account,etc')))
``` substituting your actual page names.

Uhm... that's a bit weird - now the tabs are only showing on the pages listed within the array, and not on any other pages. I intended for it to be the complete opposite! As in, show the tabs on all pages apart from the ones listed in the array. I must of done something wrong :mellow:

Here's my current code:

<!--bof-optional categories tabs navigation display-->
<?php
 if ((CATEGORIES_TABS_STATUS == '1') and (in_array($current_page_base, explode(',', 'pages_to,disable_tabs,here')))) {
     require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory('categories_css.php'));
 } ?>
<!--eof-optional categories tabs navigation display-->

Oops, I forgot to translate the "not" part when converting between methods...

and (in_array($current_page_base,

needs to be

and (!in_array($current_page_base,

Perfect!

Here's the final code (it seems to be working as planned, I hope it's correct):

<!--bof-optional categories tabs navigation display-->
<?php
 if ((CATEGORIES_TABS_STATUS == '1') and (!in_array($current_page_base, explode(',', 'pages_to,disable_tabs,here')))) {
     require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory('categories_css.php'));
 } ?>
<!--eof-optional categories tabs navigation display-->

Thanks Glenn, I really appreciate your help :smile: