X-Cart forums - Hiding left-hand column

this would be how your home.tpl would look with the comments in place to totaly remove the left hand column and all its contents

this is for version 3.4.3
Code:
{* $Id: home.tpl,v 1.50 2003/04/09 07:41:05 olga Exp $ *}

{ config_load file="$skin_config" }

<html>

<head>

<title>{$lng.txt_site_title} 

{if $main eq "catalog"}

        {if $location eq ""}  {$lng.txt_subtitle_home}

        {else}

        {strip}

        {section name=position loop=$location start=0 }

        {if %position.last% eq "true"} - {$location[position].0|escape}{/if}

        {/section}

        {/strip}

        {/if}

{elseif $main eq "product"}

        {if $product.product ne ''} - {$product.product}{/if}

{elseif $main eq "help"}

{$lng.txt_subtitle_help}

{elseif $main eq "cart"}

{$lng.txt_subtitle_cart}

{elseif $main eq "checkout"}

{$lng.txt_subtitle_checkout}

{elseif $main eq "order_message"}

{$lng.txt_subtitle_thankyou}

{/if}

</title>

{ include file="meta.tpl" }

<link rel="stylesheet" href="{$SkinDir}/{#CSSFile#}">

</head>

<body LEFTMARGIN=0 TOPMARGIN=0 RIGHTMARGIN=0 BOTTOMMARGIN=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0>

{ include file="rectangle_top.tpl" }

{ include file="head.tpl" }



<table border=0 width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 align="center">

<tr>

{* START COMMENT HERE ........................................................



<td class=VertMenuBox width=150 valign=top>

{ include file="customer/categories.tpl" }

{if $active_modules.Bestsellers ne "" and $config.Modules.bestsellers_menu eq "Y"}

{ include file="modules/Bestsellers/menu_bestsellers.tpl" }

{/if}

{if $active_modules.Gift_Certificates ne "" or $active_modules.Product_Configurator ne ""}

{include file="customer/special.tpl"}

{/if}

{ include file="help.tpl" }

</td>

<td width=20></td>



..........................END COMMENT HERE *}



<td valign=top>



{include file="customer/home_main.tpl"}





</td>

<td width=20></td>

<td width=150 valign=top>

{ include file="customer/menu_cart.tpl" }

{if $login eq "" }

{ include file="auth.tpl" }

{else}

{ include file="authbox.tpl" }

{/if}

{ include file="news.tpl" }

{if $active_modules.Interneka ne ""}

{ include file="modules/Interneka/menu_interneka.tpl" }

{/if}






{ include file="poweredby.tpl" }






</td>

</tr>

</table>

{ include file="rectangle_bottom.tpl" }

</body>

</html>