How to remove BROWSE BOOKS

Hi tswec0e5,

Is there anyway to remove BROWSE BOOKS from the homepage?

Let’s open the template file at path:
app/design/frontend/default/jm_book/template/catalog/layer/view.phtml
and comment or remove the block code:

<div class="block-title">
    <strong><span><?php echo $this->__('Browse books') ?></span></strong>
</div>

and refresh the Magento cache after your changing.
Do it to solve the issue as you said and let’s me know if you need further assistance.
Regards,
Mall.

Hi 

I would like to also remove the categories below it

To remove the categories filter in home page, you can do following steps:
open the XML file at /app/design/frontend/default/jm_book/layout/page.xml
and find to the block code:

<reference name="left">
    <block type="catalog/layer_view" name="catalog.rightshopby" before="-" template="catalog/layer/view.phtml"/>  
</reference>

and replace it by the block code:

<reference name="left">
    <block type="catalog/layer_view" name="catalog.rightshopby" before="-" template="catalog/layer/view.phtml">
        <action method="unsetChild"><child>category_filter</child></action>
    </block>
</reference>

and have more ads there. Is this possible?

To show more ads here, you can add more the block code as following:

<block type="core/template" name="left.permanent.callout.2" template="callouts/left_col.phtml">
    <action method="setImgSrc"><src>images/media/col_left_callout.jpg</src></action>
    <action method="setImgAlt" translate="alt" module="catalog"><alt>Our customer service is available 24/7. Call us at (555) 555-0123.</alt></action>
    <action method="setLinkUrl"><url>checkout/cart</url></action>
</block>

and clean the Magento cache after your changing.
Do it and tell me know how it goes.
Regards,
Mall.