Template groups - how are they done

[bairy]

I have a set of custom templates and I was wondering how they could be put into their own categories.

By category I mean the bolded bit:
BBCode Layout Templates
> bbcode_code
> bbcode_html
> bbcode_php
> bbcode_quote

I've piled through the template database table and I've looked through template.php but I can't work out how it associates e.g. bbcode_code to the BBCode LT header.

Are the categories and their kids related to the master template (think debug mode) or is it held in the database somewhere?

[Arjan]

I'm looking for this also...

[Princeton]

You will need to create a plugin/product.


Create a new plugin: let's say the group is called GTBLOG MANAGER
Create a Plugin (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/plugin_system) via Plugin System
Enter the following:
PRODUCT: leave as vbulletin
HOOK LOCATION: template_groups
TITLE: enter title
PLUGIN PHP CODE: $only['gtblog'] = 'GTBLOG MANAGER';
PLUGIN IS ACTIVE: yes
Press Save
Fantastic! You just created a new template group.
Now, go into STYLES & TEMPLATES and create your templates.

HOW TO CREATE TEMPLATES (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/stylemanager_add_new_style)

With the above example, you need to append all your templates with gtblog_. eg. GTBLOG_SHELL, gtblog_postbit, etc, etc





If you still need help, I recommend go thru the 3.5 TUTORIALS FORUM.

[Arjan]

Thanks. I see that it has changed between 3.0 and 3.5

Here I found it for the 3.0 series (which I'm still using, forgot to tell):

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=70165&highlight=template+groups

[Andreas]

Nothing has changed since 3.0, it's just that you don't have to modify the file with 3.5 and can use a plugin instead.
Though, if you want, you could still modify the file.

[ncangler]

Thank you Princeton!