How to make sideboxes show up on certain pages only?

Hello.

I was wondering if anyone knows how to make the sideboxes show up on certain pages only?

Thanks,
Meshach

Which box on what pages?

Thanks for your fast reply Kim.

Here: http://www.thewindcutter.com/shop/index.php

The review, languages and currencies boxes need to be invisible until you click "Fur Windscreens" or "Foam Windscreens".

Thank you,
Meshach

Are you going to add other languages?

In the future we are, yes.

Meshach

Is this particular forum for configuring the admin panel? Because I want to configure the site.

Meshach

Can anyone help me on this?

Meshach

Would the existance of cPath be an option for you on this?

Example, do you see the cPath in the URL when you want to see these 3 sideboxes?

I don't understand what you mean.

I'm sorry but I'm new to Zen-Cart, and I don't know what cPath is. All I wanted to do is make certain sideboxes show up only on certain pages..

Look at the URL as you are navigating through your site ...

On the pages that you want to see the sideboxes show, do you see the &cPath=## in the URL of your browser?

When you do not see the &cPath=## in the URL of your browser, do you not want to see the sideboxes?

Ajeh:

Look at the URL as you are navigating through your site ...

On the pages that you want to see the sideboxes show, do you see the &cPath=## in the URL of your browser?

Yes.

When you do not see the &cPath=## in the URL of your browser, do you not want to see the sideboxes?

Yes, Exactly!

Meshach

You can alter the code by changing when these show, for example in the currency.php sidebox, you can customize the code from:

  // don't display on checkout page:
  if (substr($current_page, 0, 8) != 'checkout') {
    $show_currencies= true;
  }

to read:

  // don't display on checkout page:
  if ($_GET['cPath'] > 0 && substr($current_page, 0, 8) != 'checkout') {
    $show_currencies= true;
  }

What I am doing is using the $_GET['cPath'] to control when the sidebox should show ...

NOTE: be sure to use your templates and overrides for these changes ...

Ajeh, I'm sorry for confusing you but, I want the currencies to show up on the checkout page.

All I am trying to do is to make the currencies, reviews and languages sideboxes not show up on the homepage, but I want them to show up on every other page.

I have tried making this code:

    if ($current_page == $main_page)
        echo "Testing 123";

But the code won't work... It doesn't echo Testing 123...

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Meshach

Use the same code in the files described above, but add to it a test for $this_is_home_page:```php
// don't display on checkout page or home page:
if (!$this_is_home_page and (substr($current_page, 0, 8) != 'checkout')) {
$show_currencies= true;
}

By default, the currencies sidebox does not appear on checkout pages - I think it is to keep currency from being changed in the middle of the process and messing with calculations.

Meshach:

Ajeh, I'm sorry for confusing you but, I want the currencies to show up on the checkout page.

All I am trying to do is to make the currencies, reviews and languages sideboxes not show up on the homepage, but I want them to show up on every other page.

As gjh42 pointed out, by default the currencies doesn't show on the checkout_ pages ...

The code I gave you will control the sideboxes to not show anytime there is a cPath in the URL ...

If it is just the home page you don't want to see those on then the use of the $this_is_home_page, as gjh42 suggested, should work for you ...

Thank you very much Ajeh and gjh42.

It is finally working.

I put

  if ($current_page = $this_is_home_page) {
    exit();
  }  

I'm sorry I put you guys through such confusion.

Thank you so much.
Meshach