Side boxes driving me mad !! Please help

These side boxes are driving me mad - some will display and others won't.

Where are they supposed to be located ? By default I have a sideboxes folder in

includes/templates/default_template/sideboxes

and

includes/modules/sideboxes

so I'm confused there.

My template is called 'pebbles' and I have sideboxes folder

includes/modules/sideboxes/pebbles

as well as

includes/templates/pebbles/sideboxes

I can get search, subscribe to newsletter and the custom flyout categories list to appear but that's it - others I activate such as manufacturers simply don't appear on the front end.

Can someone please explain where I'm going wrong. Should I move all the default template stuff to mine ? or delete them? or should they be duplicated ? I'm assuming the system looks for items in my template and uses items in the default one if not found?

Thanks

OK - have found out about the rest button!

But still I have problems! Admin says basket summary and tell a friends are turned on but they don't show.... ????

OK - just ignore me...

Tell a Friend doesn't show unless you're viewing a product and the basket summary only shows when there's something in it...

Yep, some of those sideboxes are smart like that... It would probably be a good thing if the fact were mentioned somewhere in the admin, as this question comes up regularly (though there is a setting in Configuration > Layout Settings for the shopping cart sidebox to display always or only when full).

Shopping Cart Box Status
Shopping Cart Shows
0= Always
1= Only when full
2= Only when full but not when viewing the Shopping Cart

is it possible to turn off the sideboxes during the checkout process completely?

stevefriedman71:

is it possible to turn off the sideboxes during the checkout process completely?

Adapt to your situation:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63813

Hey what part of Iowa.
Cornbread and tassled in Sigourney, IA here

Or easier than writing code look at the tpl_main_page - the instructions on how to turn off the sidebars on certain pages.