[Solved] $page_name == index not consistent?

[Haegendoorn]

Hi,

I have just launched my new webshop, www.pashmina-boutique.be, using ps1.5.6.

I used a theme with a custom module for a slider on the homepage. After testing online, i removed this custom module because the pictures were way to heavy. (The homepage was over 7mb)

 

I wrote some code (and added it at the end of blocktopmenu.tpl), with several compressed images. I want this slider only to display on the homepage, so I added the {if $page_name == 'index'} statement around my code.

 

This seems to work fine, displaying on the homepage, not on content or product pages. But for some reason it does appear on the order page (www.pashmina-boutique.be/order)

 

How can $page_name be index on both the homepage and the order page?

 

Any clues are helpful...

 

Alex

Edited January 2, 2014 by Haegendoorn (see edit history)

[matzmu]

First of all.

1. Why images are sliceds ? you prevent images from steel??  ( it makes many http request  and better make one big image than 20 smaller )

2.  try to use this if staatment in module like

if('index' == $this->context->controller->php_self){

}

 

other solution:

 

when you add your module to hook in admin you can choose , where it should display

Edited December 11, 2013 by matzmu (see edit history)

[vekia]

hello

 

can you show also outpot of {$page_name} variable? just use it somewhere in header and please check what you will see on order page

[Haegendoorn]

hello

 

can you show also outpot of {$page_name} variable? just use it somewhere in header and please check what you will see on order page

The output is 'index' on both the order and the homepage.

 

#Matzmu: 1. my attempt to slice the images successfully reduced the size of the homepage from 7mb to below 2mb, without any quality loss (visible)

2. this doesn't seem to work.

 

Any other thoughts?

thanks

Edited December 11, 2013 by Haegendoorn (see edit history)

[matzmu]

edit  module and use hookHome 

[Haegendoorn]

Unfortunately the mod hooks (originaly) to top of pages…

In the mean timeI have killed the slider on other pages witj JS. I have found the if statement of page-name to be true on order, login,404, contact.(not on content or product pages). Is this specific to my install of PS?

[Haegendoorn]

The problem seemed to be in the caching of the blocktopmenu. When I created a second module, the $page_name variable worked perfectly. Difficult error to spot, glad I found it!

[anmihe]

Hi, having similar issues.

 

...although trying to use if $page_name inside blocktopmenu.tpl ...but it's not concictent so doesn't work. And assuming it is some caching error.

 

How did you solve this and what do you mean whick created a second module?