Displaying sideboxes for logged in visitors only

Displaying a specific sidebox only for logged in customers can be done with the following steps:

1. Locate the module for the sidebox (or boxes) that you want to treat like this. You’ll find them in includes/modules/sideboxes.

2. Create override files for them by copying them to includes/modules/sideboxes/YOURTEMPLATE.

3. Open the override file and find a couple of lines that look similar to

// test if box should display
$show_featured= true;

These were taken from the featured_products products sidebox and the variable name for your box will probably differ slightly. Then change them to

// test if box should display
if (!$_SESSION['customer_id']) {
$show_featured= false;
} else {
$show_featured= true;
}

4. Upload to your server and enjoy.