Home page without left or right side bar
 

Here's my problem.
This pertains to the home page and static pages.
How can I cause the home page to not show the left and right side bars?
I was able to hide the categories using an if statment, but then they don't show up on the static pages.

I want to lay out the home page completely different than the rest of the site.

Re: Home page without left or right side bar
 

This is the correct code to use if you want something to show only on the home page:

{if $main eq "catalog" and $current_category.category eq ""}

Re: Home page without left or right side bar
 

That's what I am using to show the home page content, but it doesn't hide the side bars.

Re: Home page without left or right side bar
 

{if $main eq "catalog" and $current_category.category eq ""}
{else}
sidebar code
{/if}

Re: Home page without left or right side bar
 

I thkn what you want is this.

{if $main ne "catalog" and $current_category.category eq ""}

change the eq to ne and wrap the content you don't want on the home page with the above if statement

Re: Home page without left or right side bar
 

OK, I used this to not show the side bars on the home page.

{if $current_category.category ne ""}

But, they don't show on static pages now.

Re: Home page without left or right side bar
 

you have to use this and exactly this

{if $main ne "catalog" and $current_category.category eq ""}
sidebar content
{/if}

not what you have

{if $current_category.category ne ""}

very different.

Re: Home page without left or right side bar
 

That hides them all the time, not just on the home page.

What I used, hides them, but I can't get them to show up on static pages.

Re: Home page without left or right side bar
 

well it didn't hide them on my static pages.

Re: Home page without left or right side bar
 

All I can go by is what happens when I use it.
When I put the exact code you said to use, it hides the left side bar all the time.