Display header banner only on homepage

[dustinsuarez]

If someone please could tell me how to display header banner only on homepage, I will appreciate it!!

 

This is what I have so far:

I have created a banner in a group that I named "homepage", and I also have the PHP code to be inserted:

<?php

if ($banner = tep_banner_exists('dynamic', 'homepage')) {

echo tep_display_banner('static', $banner).tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '6');

}

?>

 

Now if I insert this code into the file "header.php" the banner will show in every page. But I only need the banner to be displayed on the homepage and NO banner on the rest of the pages.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Guest]

Dustin,

 

You could remove <?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'header.php'); ?> from all pages you do NOT want the header displayed on. However, the header.php file also controls account/cart contents/checkout as well as the bread crumbs so test it on one page before deleting them all. THIS MAY OR MAY NOT WORK.

 

 

 

 

Chris

[dustinsuarez]

Chris,

 

Thanks for the tip, I tried that but as you pointed the "header.php" controls more than just the banner... when I removed it from one page it removed the banner as well as the categories, logo, main menu, etc.

 

I saw one page where the banner shows only on the homepage. The problem is that I dont remember the name of the website, nor the topic, or the name of the store owner...

My PHP knowledge is very limited so I will appreciate it if you or anyone could come up with some solution...

 

Thanks again,

[dustinsuarez]

I found the solution, I thought I posted. I might help someone with the same or similar issue.

 

Just as in the "footer.php" file, the "header.php" file contains at the end a code where the banner is called, so it shows on every page where "footer.php" or "header.php" is required.

I am going to focus on the "header.php" file for this is the one that I needed to change.

 

I removed this code found at the end of the header.php file:

<?php

if ($banner = tep_banner_exists('dynamic', 'homepage')) {

echo tep_display_banner('static', $banner).tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '6');

}

?>

 

And inserted it in the file: catalog/index.php (Because I wanted the banner to be displayed only in that page)

right below this line:

<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'header.php'); ?>

 

That's it!

 

 

**Thanks again Chris, the suggestion you made helped me come up with the solution!!

[♥mdtaylorlrim]

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[Guest]

I found the solution, I thought I posted. I might help someone with the same or similar issue.

 

Just as in the "footer.php" file, the "header.php" file contains at the end a code where the banner is called, so it shows on every page where "footer.php" or "header.php" is required.

I am going to focus on the "header.php" file for this is the one that I needed to change.

 

I removed this code found at the end of the header.php file:

<?php

if ($banner = tep_banner_exists('dynamic', 'homepage')) {

echo tep_display_banner('static', $banner).tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '6');

}

?>

 

And inserted it in the file: catalog/index.php (Because I wanted the banner to be displayed only in that page)

right below this line:

<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'header.php'); ?>

 

That's it!

 

 

**Thanks again Chris, the suggestion you made helped me come up with the solution!!

Another you you could have done it while leaving it in the header.php is like this

<?php
 if (basename($PHP_SELF) == FILENAME_DEFAULT) {
   if ($banner = tep_banner_exists('dynamic', 'homepage')) {
     echo tep_display_banner('static', $banner).tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '6');
   }
 }
?>

[Guest]

no Problem Dustin, sometimes brain storming helps.

 

 

 

Chris