Remove Sideboxes from home page

I know I'm missing something... but where can I "turn off" side boxes for just my home page?
http://www.souvenirsofhiltonhead.com

tawebworks:

I know I'm missing something... but where can I "turn off" side boxes for just my home page?
http://www.souvenirsofhiltonhead.com

open includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_main_page_php.

at around line 45 add the following code:

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

save the file and upload to your server.

Thank you, oh kind Zen Master!

Is there an addition I can make to the code you noted to display a different header image?
I would also like to link the home page header to the shopping cart.

tawebworks:

Is there an addition I can make to the code you noted to display a different header image?
I would also like to link the home page header to the shopping cart.

That code just turns off the sideboxes on the main page.

to change the header you could create an additional css file called index_home.css

that would handle the header on the main page.

Does it need to reside in the same "Common" folder?

All css files go in the /includes/templates/your_template/css/ folder.

Here is the code of my file (includes/templates/southart/css/index-home.css):

#logoWrapper{
background-image:url(../images/logo-shop.gif)
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-color: #ffffff;
height:96;
}

Yet, this is not working.
What am I doing wrong here?

It needs to be index_home.css.

I made that change.
Still no go.

This may not affect the image choice, but you are missing the height units specification:

#logoWrapper{
	background-image:url(../images/logo-shop.gif);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-color: #ffffff;
	height:96;
	}
```should be height:96px;

This does make a difference when added to your index_home.css, so the file is being read.

How is logo-home.gif different from logo.gif?

You are trying to change the logo with the css background-image property, but the logo is a foreground image called directly in the code. It will not work the way you are trying it.

Its not changing because you are still calling the logo from the define, which is the same as hard coding it. You need to remove the define for the logo and only call it through the stylesheet. your gonna ask me which file the define is in ........let me go look

barco57:

Its not changing because you are still calling the logo from the define, which is the same as hard coding it. You need to remove the define for the logo and only call it through the stylesheet. your gonna ask me which file the define is in ........let me go look

its in includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/header.php

You can either change the logo to be a background image so css can affect it, or add code to switch logo images depending on page.
Smart Backgrounds has a variant described in its readme for switching foreground images.

you beat me to it......I was just about to paste.....

you'll have to manage the logo now from the main stylesheet and the index_home.css as background image.....or you could write an if/else to check if your on the home page and then not call the image from the define.....else display as normal for all other pages.....isn't there some code floating around here to do just that....

looks like my posts are about 30 seconds behind everyone else LOL

I know the feeling... :)

I LOVE you guys!
OK... so what's the best way for me to do this.
Anyone find the "code floating around to do this"?

click on the link in the post above that says "smart backgrounds", download that mod , unzip it and read the read me. explains everything

You guys are ENTIRELY too kind... and I sincerely THANK YOU!

Now, it's 11:30 my time and I'm hitting the sack. But please rest assured I'll crank up first thing tomorrow morning with this... and report back.

Bless you all, kind masters!

OK, guys...
I've downloaded the Smart Backgrounds Mod, but can't decipher where I designate a particular background for a particular page. It seems to me it's in the CSS, but the sample stylesheet declarations did not tell me enough.

What am I missing here?