Organize your templates!
 

If you're like me, you like to try to keep your board as organized as possible. Which, is why the following little tip comes in handy for hacks that add a dozen or so custom templates. (ie. vBindex, v3arcade, etc..)

In includes/adminfunctions_template.php:

Find:
Add BELOW:
Change "XXprefixXX" to whatever the template prefixes are, for example, the Arcade templates all begin with "arcade", so, you would put "arcade" as the prefix.

Change "XXtitleXX" to what you want the category to be called, don't add "Templates" to the name, because vB will do that for you. For example, if you put "arcade" as the title, it will read "Arcade Templates" in the Edit Templates section.

Get it? Good. :)

Err.. this should be in Modification Hints and Tips, could a moderator please move it for me? :)

Although technically it is a mini-mod as well, heh. ;)

Ahh, now it looks less painful to see all those templates. Thanks! ^_^

Wow, beautiful tip there!

As my wife says, so small, but damn it's so usefull!!!

/me clicks install

that.... that sounds wrong man. o.O; I blame my perverted mind, yet I know what you mean...... but still *shivers*

That's a great tip. I have definately found it useful and think this step should be added to any hack with multiple new templates.

Fine mod!

Been looking for a way to accomplish this, now i found it :D

[high]* BarBeQue will click install tonite, when he's home and actually installed it.....[/high]

very nice, to do the same in vb2 was painful, hehe this is so easy !!

[high]* BarBeQue clicked install
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:D worked like a charm!

I requested this but no one answered :P This is great!

I was just asking for this a few hours ago in #vborg. Thank you SO much! I will definitely put this in my hacks (crediting you of COURSE!)

Regards,
Patrick

Small - but very handy. Cheers. :D

If adding this code so templates can be grouped, won't this cause the templates to be erased on a vb upgrade?

No, I don't think so. They are still classified as "custom templates" by vB. If you "revert" them, they will still be deleted. This doesn't change any of their SQL flags, as that's where vB determines what gets replaced during an upgrade.

great idea, really coold

Well, I hope they don't get deleted, because I'm jumping into this hack anyway. :D

[high]* Synicide jumps on the install button.[/high]

Let me see if I get this right. I installed this mod and this is what I put in the "'articles' => 'articles'," in my adminfunctions_template.php. Everything seemed to work fine.

But my question is:
When I create a new template now how do I get it listed under ARTICLES?
Do I have to name the new template articles_test?

works fine, thanks !
click install

well, this is good, but ... I'd like to group the "custom templates" or "custom groups" in one place, so I dont need to go though the whole list of templates to find the custom ones. Tor example, I am grouping some xzy_ templates, as xzy, and prefer them to be displayed on top, or still in Cumstom Templates group.

dunno if it's posible.

this is very useful! :D

i'm happy today

ya be cool to have these now custom groups at the top since they are still custom

Cool tip. :) I like my custom templates separated, so I won't actually install this, but will still say that this is a simple yet useful mod.

Nice one! Thanks for sharing. :)

Great hack :)

nice tip:up:

/me clicks install!

[high]* Revan clicks install
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Great hack, it always pissed me off that the Arcade templates didnt get their own group ;)
Actually I think I will use this to group the RPG Templates in future versions :)

Just make sure that the phrase you enter for the prefix is in lowercase letters. If it is in caps (even if they appear to be caps in the template name), it doesn't work for some reason.

I had some templates which started with "ActivationEmail" and I had to enter "activationemail" for it to work.

Rgds
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John

Awesome Information, it helps to know. Thanks.

With over 100 custom templates on my board, I've wanted to know how to do something like this for a while, it really makes things easier. THANKS :D

[high]* N8 clicks install[/high]

nice

I cant get this to work.

I added 'chris' => 'chris',

and then added a template called 'chrisindex' and this doesnt make any new catagory at all.

I think you need a _ between chris and index. (like chris_index). But if you want chrisindex... you'll need to have it as: Cause vB will look at the name before the _

Hope that helps :)

For some reason I am just stumped.

New Code

'chris_trade' => 'trade_pages_chris',

My attempt here is to have a bunch of templates named 'chris_trade_XYZ' under the catagory Trade Pages Chris Templates

According to the directions my code should be right with a template called 'chris_trade_index' falling under trade pages chris templates'

Maybe Im tired but im lost for some reason on this.

got it - thanks

Thanks a lot, I was looking for a way to do this :)