Hiding left-hand column

koby · #1 07-15-2003, 07:46 AM

I need to disable the "Categories", "Special," and "Help" categories on the left column of the page.

Is there a way to hide these features via template?

I would like to just replace a template when I need those features again rather than hack up the php code.

shan · #2 07-15-2003, 08:55 AM

use comment tags

{* comment *}

shan · #3 07-15-2003, 08:56 AM

and look in home.tpl

koby · #4 07-15-2003, 09:09 AM

If I understand this correctly, I can remark the lines out in the home.tpl file?

Awesome. I'll give it a try

shan · #5 07-15-2003, 09:44 AM

yeh, look for the include statements and comment them out of comment out the whole left hand table cell

koby · #6 07-15-2003, 09:46 AM

Thank you!

koby · #7 07-15-2003, 10:12 AM

OK, can I get some help with formatting?

I get this error when trying to remark out the left column

Parse error: parse error in /var/www/html/xcart/templates_c/%%151/%%1512206380/home.tpl.php on line 10

shan · #8 07-15-2003, 10:21 AM

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>

koby · #9 07-15-2003, 10:28 AM

OK, thanks. I was completely ignoring the table tags.

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