Deleting Boxes

[sigmarosie]

How do I go about deleting boxes such as the choice of currencies, languages, and information. I thought that there was trick like adding a / somewhere to make the boxes disappear. I have had to install a new version of oscommerce so I am trying to get the store back up to where it was before. Or am I better to just delete the files if I won't be using them?

Thanks!

[tina_boots]

How do I go about deleting boxes such as the choice of currencies, languages, and information. I thought that there was trick like adding a / somewhere to make the boxes disappear. I have had to install a new version of oscommerce so I am trying to get the store back up to where it was before. Or am I better to just delete the files if I won't be using them?

Thanks!

 

Removing the boxes is fairly simple and the best approach is to comment them out in the column_left.php or column_right.php, where ever the box in question happens to reside. That way if you ever want to add them back, simply uncomment the code and you are all set.

 

Be well,

Tina

[Guest]

Don't delete anything unless it's absolutely necessary. You may change your mind months from now and the code is gone.

 

For example, with regard to the currencies & languages box....go into catalog/includes/column_right.php

 

You'll see this:

 

if (substr(basename($PHP_SELF), 0, 8) != 'checkout') {
 include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'languages.php');
 include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'currencies.php');
 }

 

Put two forward slashes in front of those include commands to kill the boxes from appearing, so it now looks like this:

 

if (substr(basename($PHP_SELF), 0, 8) != 'checkout') {
 //include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'languages.php');
 //include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'currencies.php');
 }

 

All done. Your boxes are gone. Do the same in column_left.php for anything sitting there you don't want.

 

Andrea

[sigmarosie]

thank you both so much- I knew there was a way to do it with the backslashes I just couldn't remember how. I am going to be sure to write that down so I don't forget! Thanks again!