sighhhh, i ending up writing a smarty tag in the home.tpl file. However I get a double nav bar if the cart is empty :/ is there a way to write smarty so that the nav bar only shows up when there are products in the cart? Sorry such a noob at smarty.
{if $main ne 'cart'}
<div id="left-bar">
{include file="customer/left_bar.tpl"}
</div>
{/if}
I understand for efficiency sake why people don't put nav bars in the cart area, but the pretty little design my client wants doesn't really allow for it to be taken out.