[Solved] Hide left column unless user is logged in

[Noorlander]

Dear all,

 

can someone pls assist with the following requirement:

Unless a user is logged in, I would want the left column to be hidden.

 

I have searched the forum and found several pieces of the puzzle involving "lefthook", "grid_5", etc

but i have been unable to get the solution set up...

 

note, i do have a custom theme which actually only has 2 columns (left and middle obviously).

Using the latest prestashop version.

 

thanks

Edited July 3, 2013 by Noorlander (see edit history)

[PSfever.com]

Hi, could you post here URL to your website? I will download a .tpl file and post it here, so you can just upload it.

[Noorlander]

thanks!!

 

www.ice-contacts.com

[vekia]

well it is possible with simple if conditions

everything depends on your prestashop version

[Noorlander]

Hey Vekia,

 

that would be PrestaShop™ 1.5.4.1

[vekia]

in the header.tpl file, where you've got definition of the left column use this code:

{if $logged}
   <div id="left_column" class="column grid_2 alpha">
 {$HOOK_LEFT_COLUMN}
   </div>
{/if}

 

use the same if condition (with {else}) to define the correct grid value for the center column:

 

<div id="center_column" class="{if $logged}grid_5{else}grid_7{/if}">

[Noorlander]

perfect, thanks Vekia!!

[vekia]

you're welcome

im going to mark this thread as [solved]

 

if oyu've got any other questions related to this case - feel free to continue discussion here

 

regards

[Noorlander]

Hey Vekia,

 

i actually ran into an issue whereby the account-creation page just wont load anymore.

It has something to do with authentification.tpl. where the create account form has to load in the div: #center_column (as specified in line 120), but this div doesnt exist...

 

I got it to work partially by updating the authentication.tpl and adding <div id="center_column"></div> at line 153 (just above the form section) as described in this post: http;//www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/198686-technical-error-unable-to-load-form-details-error-thrown-object-object-text-status-parsererr/page__p__1280266__hl__error thrown object__fromsearch__1#entry1280266

 

Unfortunately, it now shows both the my-account and account-creation forms on the same page. see https://www.ice-cont...ccount-creation

 

Would you have any idea on how to fix this??

 

thanks again!!

Edited July 2, 2013 by Noorlander (see edit history)

[Noorlander]

I found how to fix this.

Will update this posting tomorrow, so dont spend any time on this...

[Noorlander]

This is what i have done to resolve the lasst issue: It has something to do with authentification.tpl. where the create account form has to load in the div: #center_column (as specified in line 120), but this div doesnt exist...

 

Open authentication.tpl

1) Insert "<div id="center_column"></div>" at line 153 (just above the form section).

2) quote out the function to fade in/fade out the account details form: lines 120 - 126 like this:

 

 

// adding a div to display a transition

//$('#center_column').html('<div id="noSlide">'+$('#center_column').html()+'</div>');

//$('#noSlide').fadeOut('slow', function(){

//$('#noSlide').html(jsonData.page);

// update the state (when this file is called from AJAX you still need to update the state)

//bindStateInputAndUpdate();

//$(this).fadeIn('slow', function(){

//document.location = '#account-creation';

 

 

Then it works fine for me (on PrestaShop 1.5.4.1)