different main page

Hello I'm working with one of these dreaded Template monster templates, however so far things are going okay, I think.

However I want to use a large image on my home page, then have it disappear for all of the others.

What code do I have to add?

My site is http://www.ningunpecado.com/catalog

Thanks

What ever you do will probably not work with their template - -

But you can attempt to use the admin > tools > defines page editor > main_page.php > and insert the image there

If the template uses the main_page.php function there you have it

If not you will need to get with them

I thought that there was a main page only bit of code that I could put in?

One way to do that without messing up anything is to create a "default.php" page by saving the index.php page as default.php.

Then change what you want on the default.php page... make that the landing page by changing your htaccess file list to default.php index.php index.html

That way the default page will appear first, but everything will work - you product pages, search results...etc since they use the index.php page.
You should add a link to the default page too.

Sorry but what and where is my htaccess file list?

To change yourd default directory page:
http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess6.shtml

Your htaccess file is in the root diectory

Zen Cart has a variable called $this_is_home_page that can be used to differentiate the contents of the home page from all others. For example> if ($this_is_home_page) {

your special code in here

} else {

normal code for all other pages in here

}
However, because of the way that Template Monster completely re-write much of the template code, there is a high risk that this will not work for you.

Now I'm having problem to understand about adding image on the main page. OK I got the "add the image inside your define_main_page.php" part, but how to link the image?

Example, my image "title2.jpg" is inside my /include/templates/MY_TEMPLATE/images/ subfloder. How can I put the code inside "define_main_page.php" to link my image from this subfolder?

Please somebody help.

In the define page editor you can enter normal html code for this - just create you anchor statement sorts like:

<a href="Your_reference"><img src="images/your_image.gif" alt="alt_text" width="80" height="80" /></a>

Very helpful Kobra, thank you.:hug:

I use the below code to only show image on homepage. This might be a helpful to others. I'm also using latest zen 1.3.8a. Put the code in your tpl_header.php which is found in the common folder. Make sure to put it in the overrides. you can view my web site link below. I beleive this is what you looking for?

<!-- bof top image --> <?php if ($this_is_home_page) { ?> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> <img border="0" src="http://your domain/images/your_image.jpg" alt="Athying goes here"> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <?php } ?> <!-- eof top image -->

covone:

I use the below code to only show image on homepage.While the use of the $this_is_home_page is absolutely correct, I'd strongly recommend against introducing tables, the center attribute and the deprecated <center> tag into the header template. There are much better and controllable ways of placing a centered image in your header.

And before I forget, remember that you can also change the appearance of your home page by creating a index_home.css stylesheet.