Open: app/design/frontend/yourpackage/yourtheme/template/catalog/product/list.phtml and remove or comment:
<?php if($_compareUrl=$this-getAddToCompareUrl($_product)): ?>
<li><span class="separator">|</span>
<a title="<?php echo $this->__('Add to Compare') ?> " href="/<?php echo $_compareUrl ?>" rel="tooltip" class="link-compare "><?php echo $this->__('Add toCompare') ?></a></li>
<?php endif; ?>
As the below example: ~line 133
<!--commented <?php// if($_compareUrl=$this->getAddToCompareUrl($_product)): ?>
<li><span class="separator">|</span> <a title="<?php //echo $this->__('Add to Compare') ?>" href="/<?php //echo $_compareUrl ?>" class="link-compare tooltips"><?php //echo $this->__('Add to Compare') ?></a></li>
<?php// endif; ?> -->
Do the same to addto.phtml file. If the addto.phtml is missing then copy the addto.phtml from: \app\design\frontend\base\default\template\catalog\product\view
To: app/design/frontend/yourpackage/yourtheme/template/catalog/product/view/
Then, open: app/design/frontend/yourpackage/yourtheme/template/catalog/product/view/addto.phtml and remove or comment:
<?php$_compareUrl = $this->helper('catalog/product_compare')->getAddUrl($_product);?><?php if($_compareUrl) : ?><li><span class="separator">|</span> <a href="/<?php echo $_compareUrl ?>" class="link-compare"><?php echo $this->__('Add to Compare') ?></a></li>--><?php endif; ?>
As the below example:
<!--commented
<?php
// $_compareUrl = $this->helper('catalog/product_compare')->getAddUrl($_product);
?>
<?php // if($_compareUrl) : ?>
<li><span class="separator">|</span> <a href="/<?php // echo $_compareUrl ?>" class="link-compare"><?php // echo $this->__('Add to Compare') ?></a></li>
<?php // endif; ?> -->
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