[SOLVED] Single Column Home Page Only

[phantomeye]

Hi Guys,
Im trying to achieve a single column on my home page only, but 2 columns for the rest of the site. I have changed my header and footer.tpl to achieve this. But now i need to set my center column width to 980px for only the home page. I tried adding this line to my header.tpl, but it did not work, my whole page went blank. I know im making a mistake, please help:

           <!-- Left -->
   {if $page_name != 'index'}

                   {$HOOK_LEFT_COLUMN}

   {/if} 

               <!-- Center -->
   {if ($page_name=='index')}

               {else} 
   {/if}

[rocky]

Just use the following code in your global.css:

body#index #center_column { width: 980px }

[phantomeye]

Hi Rocky,
Is that in addition to my header or just use this code only and delete the header info for center column.

[rocky]

Remove the code you added to the #center_column to add the style, but leave the code to hide the left column.

[phantomeye]

Still getting a blank screen. Heres what ive done:

Changed header.tpl to reflect the left column edit only. Added the above code you gave to the global.css just before the center column settings.

[rocky]

Edit config/config.inc.php and temporarily change 'display_errors' at the top from 'off' to 'on', so you get an error message instead of a blank page. Post the error message here.

[phantomeye]

Fatal error: Smarty error: [in themes/Test/header.tpl line 62]: syntax error: unclosed tag \{if} (opened line 41). (Smarty_Compiler.class.php, line 317) in /tools/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1095

[phantomeye]

Fixed, thats a good tip Rocky, to turn on the display error.

Thanks once again
Cheers

[rocky]

Remember to turn it off when you aren't using it, since it can reveal your server directory to whoever views a page with an error.

[phantomeye]

You bet :-)

[shokinro]

Thanks for the tips. This 's what I have been looking for a while.

[mabrur]

Just use the following code in your global.css:

body#index #center_column { width: 980px }

Thank you rocky. It works for me...


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[cloud8]

Thanks - me too

[Machelle]

Hi There, I would like a center column only throughout my site. What code do I use for this and where. The help will be SO much appreciated!

[Gaddy]

Thanks a lot Rocky. Helped me a lot.

[matto1]

Where can i find other #ID to use in another pages like product page, cart page and etc.?