home page only sidebox

hi there, does anyone know if there are any examples of a sidebox that only shows up on the home page. i know how to build a new box... but i need to know how to write the IF statement to have it only show on the home page.

or if anyone knows how to write it that would be great.

thanks!
Minnie Mouse

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18624&highlight=sidebox+override
Another discussion at url above may help
:wink2:

THANKS!
that was exactly what i needed. i did a search and couldnt find it.
MM

I am having the same problem and read the referring thread thoroughly. what I came up with was the following:

if ($_GET['main_page'] == 'index') {
$show_blank_sidebox = true;
} else {
$show_blank_sidebox = false;
}

Which works, however... I Only want this to show on the very very first page. As it stands now, if I click a product category the main page would then look like "index&cPath=2" so the box still shows.

Is there so code to add that makes the index "absolute" or is that even possible. And apologies in advance for replying to such an old post but I wasnt able to find anything else pertaining to this.

Thanks in advance!

Perhaps the variable:
$this_is_home_page

if ($this_is_home_page) {
// do something because I am
} else {
// do something else because I ain't
}

would be of help to you ... :smile:

Ajeh:

Perhaps the variable:
$this_is_home_page

Unfortunetely that didnt work at all. Im a php noob so I wasnt sure what you meant exactly but I tried the below iterations all of which completely disabled the sidebox.

if ($http://www.nativeamericancreations.com) {

if ($http://nativeamericancreations.com) {

if ($nativeamericancreations.com) {

if ($nativeamericancreations) {


  $show_blank_sidebox = true;
} else {
  $show_blank_sidebox = false;
}

I was being literal there is a variable literally called:
$this_is_home_page

When on the Home page the variable:
$this_is_home_page

will be true ...

When not on the Home page the variable:
$this_is_home_page

will be false ...

Lol I feel dumb now.... That worked perfectly!

http://nativeamericancreationsandmore.com/

Thank you so much! :clap:

Thanks for the update that this worked for you ... :smile:

I have a blank sidebox(twitter) and also want it to be only seen on the home page http://www.mydfashop.com/store
I have added $this_is_home_page to my blank_sidebox.php but it didn't work??? Do i need to remove or add anything else???
This is what i had

$this_is_home_page
   
  $show_blank_sidebox = true;
  
  if ($show_blank_sidebox == true) {
      require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_blank_sidebox.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_blank_sidebox.php');
      $title =  BOX_HEADING_BLANK_SIDEBOX;
      $title_link = false;
      require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
 }
?>

All you did is put the variable in your code, you need to actually use it ... :eek:

  if ($this_is_home_page == true) {
  // show it   
    $show_blank_sidebox = true;
  } else {
  // do not show it   
    $show_blank_sidebox = false;
  }  

  if ($show_blank_sidebox == true) {

See if this works better for you ... :smile:

Ok great, thanks alot, but im still getting it on each page. This is what i have:

// test if box should display
  if ($this_is_home_page == true) {
  // show it   
    $show_blank_sidebox = true;
  } else {
  // do not show it   
    $show_blank_sidebox = false;
  } 
  
  if ($show_blank_sidebox == true) {
      require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_blank_sidebox.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_blank_sidebox.php');
      $title =  BOX_HEADING_BLANK_SIDEBOX;
      $title_link = false;
      require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
 }
?>

In the Tools ... Developers Tool Kit ... in the bottom input box type in:
$show_blank_sidebox

Select the Catalog and click SEARCH ...

What files come up?

I did a search and the only file that shows up is
includes/modules/sideboxes/mydfa/blank_sidebox.php

/home/mydfas27/public_html/store/includes/modules/sideboxes/mydfa/blank_sidebox.php

Line #27 : $show_blank_sidebox = true; 

Line #29 : if ($show_blank_sidebox == true) { 

This is the correct file to put it in isn't it??? :unsure:

I have not been able to duplicate the problem ...

from what you have shown, the code appears correct ...

ok here is what i have in my blank_sidebox.php

<?php
//
// Blank Sidebox Mod
// includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/blank_sidebox.php
//
//  --------------------------------------------------
//  http://www.MommaMuse.com mod Zen-Cart - by Judi Cox                  
//  --------------------------------------------------
//  zen-cart Open Source E-commerce                                      
//  Copyright (c) 2003-2006 The zen-cart developers                           
//  http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php                                    
//  Portions Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce                               
//  --------------------------------------------------
//  This source file is subject to version 2.0 of the GPL license,       
//  that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is        
//  available through the world-wide-web at the following url:           
//  http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt.                             
//  If you did not receive a copy of the zen-cart license and are unable 
//  to obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to       
//  [email protected] so we can mail you a copy immediately.
//  --------------------------------------------------
//
// $Id: blank_sidebox_defines.php,v 1.0 6/24/2006
// Original modification by Carter Harris [email protected] based on the tpl_featured.php file 
// Additionally modified by Judi Cox http://www.mommamuse.com

// test if box should display
  $show_blank_sidebox = true;
  
  if ($show_blank_sidebox == true) {
      require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_blank_sidebox.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_blank_sidebox.php');
      $title =  BOX_HEADING_BLANK_SIDEBOX;
      $title_link = false;
      require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
 }
?>

Is there anything in here that shouldn't be??? :cry:

You don't have any conditions to limit the code from displaying ... so it will show on all pages ...

This is the code that is missing to show it only on the home page and goes just above the IF statement:

// test if box should display
  if ($this_is_home_page == true) {
  // show it   
    $show_blank_sidebox = true;
  } else {
  // do not show it   
    $show_blank_sidebox = false;
  } 

Thank you so much!!! :clap:
That was what i was missing!!!

Glad that you got this working once you added the code ... thanks for the update ... :smile:

Would this work for the ezpage sidebox? If so, what would it look like?