Page Layout based on Page being viewed

[laurie_lewis]

Hi,

 

I have STF but not been able to come up with this but I am sure it must have been dealt previously.

 

I want to be able to change from a 2 column layout to a 3 column layout based on the page being viewed. I am imagining I should be able to do this using if statements but not sure of the variables I need to use. this is what I was thinking it would flow like :-

 

if page = contact_us then

layout = 3 columns

else

layout = 2 columns

endif

 

 

While I am at it I was also desiring to be able to have different boxes based on the box that is being built. Thought if's would work again

 

if box is for tell a friend

then use this box design

elseif box is for manufacturers

then use this box design

else

use this box design

endif

 

My main problem is I have no idea :blush: on how to differentiate which pages are being built or which boxes are being built.

 

Any help appreciated :blink: .

 

Laurie

[Guest]

Hi Laurie.

 

Regarding the different layouts, what about using a contribution like Separate infobox widths.

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...ns,3448/page,14

 

This contrib is a pretty simple alteration, and you could possibly have more than 1 set of parameters for the width of the infoboxes. Have a look at the code in the contrib and you should be able to see what I mean.

 

What I am thinking is that for a 2 column layout, you could cheat a bit and set the right column say, to 1px without a border, which would give the appearance of a 2 column layout without messing around with a heap of code.

 

Regarding calling certain infoboxes depending on what page is being viewed, there are a couple of ways of doing this. You have suggested the elseif way which would work fine, or you could play with something like

 

if (substr(basename($PHP_SELF), 0, 12) == 'product_info') {
include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'filename.php');
}

if (substr(basename($PHP_SELF), 0, 5) == 'index') {
include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'filename1.php');
}

 

Hope this helps.