In case anybody is interested in how I did it, here is the code for
modules/Fast_Lane_Checkout/home.tpl: (X-Cart 4.3.2)
Code:
{*
$Id: home.tpl,v 1.19 2009/05/26 13:23:24 joy Exp $
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*}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="{$default_charset|default:"iso-8859-1"}"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
{config_load file="$skin_config"}
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
{include file="customer/service_head.tpl"}
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{$SkinDir}/modules/Fast_Lane_Checkout/{#CSSFilePrefix#}.css" />
</head>
<body{$reading_direction_tag}{if $body_onload ne ''} onload="javascript: {$body_onload}"{/if}>
{* COMMENTING OUT FAST LANE CHECKOUT CONTAINER *}
<div id="page-container" {* class="flc-container" *}>
<div id="page-container2">
<div id="content-container">
<div id="content-container2">
<div id="center">
<div id="center-main">
{include file="customer/evaluation.tpl"}
{include file="customer/dialog_message.tpl"}
{if $checkout_step ge 0}
{include file="modules/Fast_Lane_Checkout/tabs_menu.tpl"}
{else}
<div class="flc-buttons">
{if !$std_checkout_disabled}
{include file="customer/buttons/button.tpl" button_title=$lng.lbl_checkout style="div_button" href="cart.php?mode=checkout" additional_button_class="flc-3-button"}
{/if}
{include file="customer/buttons/button.tpl" button_title=$lng.lbl_continue_shopping style="div_button" href="home.php" additional_button_class="flc-1-button"}
</div>
<div class="clearing"></div>
{/if}
{include file="modules/Fast_Lane_Checkout/home_main.tpl"}
</div>
</div>
{* ADDING BACK IN LEFT BAR - START *}
<div id="left-bar">
{if $categories && ($active_modules.Flyout_Menus || $config.General.root_categories eq "Y" || $subcategories)}
{include file="customer/categories.tpl" }
{/if}
{include file="customer/menu_cart.tpl" }
{if $active_modules.Bestsellers}
{include file="modules/Bestsellers/menu_bestsellers.tpl" }
{/if}
{if $active_modules.Manufacturers ne "" and $config.Manufacturers.manufacturers_menu eq "Y"}
{include file="modules/Manufacturers/menu_manufacturers.tpl" }
{/if}
{if $active_modules.Survey && $menu_surveys}
{foreach from=$menu_surveys item=menu_survey}
{include file="modules/Survey/menu_survey.tpl"}
{/foreach}
{/if}
{if $active_modules.Feature_Comparison && $comparison_products ne ''}
{include file="modules/Feature_Comparison/product_list.tpl" }
{/if}
{if $active_modules.XAffiliate && $config.XAffiliate.partner_register eq 'Y' && $config.XAffiliate.display_backoffice_link eq 'Y'}
{include file="partner/menu_affiliate.tpl" }
{/if}
{if $active_modules.Interneka}
{include file="modules/Interneka/menu_interneka.tpl" }
{/if}
{include file="customer/special.tpl"}
{include file="poweredby.tpl" }
</div>
{* ADDING BACK IN LEFT BAR - END *}
</div>
</div>
<div class="clearing"> </div>
<div id="header">
{include file="customer/head.tpl"}
</div>
<div id="footer">
{include file="customer/bottom.tpl"}
</div>
{if $active_modules.SnS_connector}
{include file="modules/SnS_connector/header.tpl"}
{/if}
{if $active_modules.Google_Analytics ne "" && $config.Google_Analytics.ganalytics_code ne ""}
{include file="modules/Google_Analytics/ga_code.tpl"}
{/if}
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Just edit this part near the top:
Code:
{* COMMENTING OUT FAST LANE CHECKOUT CONTAINER *}
<div id="page-container" {* class="flc-container" *}>
and past the part inside the "ADDING BACK IN LEFT BAR" start and end comments. Works like a dream.
I prefer to have the left bar on display, as the customer may see a category while in the checkout process, and go and look at another item and buy it.