putting a box in right column on just the home page

[longhorn1999]

Hi everyone,

 

I think someone may have asked this recently but I couldn't find a working answer. I need to have a box that only shows up on the home page (mysite.com/index.php or mysite.com/), and I'd like to only modify column_right.php if at all possible to keep things simpler.

 

I've come across this code:

 

if($PHPSELF == ''){
include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'new_box.php');
} 

 

But the box just shows up on every page, not just index.php (which is redirected to www.mysite.com/ in this case).

 

Any ideas?

[Guest]

Try this.

 if (basename($PHP_SELF) == FILENAME_DEFAULT) include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'new_box.php');

[longhorn1999]

Try this.

 if (basename($PHP_SELF) == FILENAME_DEFAULT) include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'new_box.php');

 

 

That almost works but actually the box is showing up for some reason in my category and manufacturer pages, where all products are listed. I have a URL add-on and Product Listing Enhancements installed, so I guess those pages are being considered as FILENAME_DEFAULT as well, though I would expected them to be product_listing.php instead. I'll try to experiment a bit with this code. Thanks Brian.

[Guest]

That almost works but actually the box is showing up for some reason in my category and manufacturer pages, where all products are listed. I have a URL add-on and Product Listing Enhancements installed, so I guess those pages are being considered as FILENAME_DEFAULT as well, though I would expected them to be product_listing.php instead. I'll try to experiment a bit with this code. Thanks Brian.

It sounds like you want the box to show only on the default part of index. Not when you click a category/subcategory or select a manufacturer.

If so then try this.

 if ((basename($PHP_SELF) == FILENAME_DEFAULT) && ($category_depth == 'top') && (!isset($_GET['manufacturers_id']))) {
   include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'new_box.php');
 }

[longhorn1999]

It sounds like you want the box to show only on the default part of index. Not when you click a category/subcategory or select a manufacturer.

If so then try this.

 if ((basename($PHP_SELF) == FILENAME_DEFAULT) && ($category_depth == 'top') && (!isset($_GET['manufacturers_id']))) {
   include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'new_box.php');
 }

 

 

That's exactly what I was looking for and this code works perfectly. Thanks again!

[zeberrun]

can we do ths in 2,3,1 in template_buttom.php

 

if ($oscTemplate->hasBlocks('boxes_column_right')) && ((basename($PHP_SELF) == FILENAME_DEFAULT) && ($category_depth == 'top') && (!isset($_GET['manufacturers_id']))) {

?>

<div id="columnRight" class="grid_<?php echo $oscTemplate->getGridColumnWidth(); ?>">

<div><?php echo $oscTemplate->getBlocks('boxes_column_right'); ?></div>