How To Include A Custom Template Via Plugins

[tipoboy]

this help a lot thanks

[kronnos]

Can these instructions be take a little further so the following can be done. When making a template, can that template include a variable that can be entered somewhere in the admincp? For example I want the temple to show "THIS". The only thing is I do not want to go to the template all the time and edit "THIS". Can I make a little addition to the admin CP so I can specify what "THIS" is?

Also, can all these template hooks, templates and all related to me showing "THIS" be saved in one package like a mod is so It can be uploaded to another forum easily?

Thanks

[IdanB]

Thanks for this guide. Indeed good tutorial.

I've crossed into weird thing though (vbulletin version 3.8.2), maybe someone came aross it & can give few tips on what i could have missed - i can't get rid of "uncached template" warning eventhough I have plugin on "cache_templates" adding it to $globaltemplates[], so not sure what am i missing.

[ragtek]

what hook are you using and whats the plugincode?
nobody can help you without that infos

[IdanB]

2 plugins:
1] location: "global_start"
name: "alt_lp_template"
with followign code:

PHP Code:

$alt_lp_template = fetch_template('alternate_view'); 


2] location: "cache_templates"
name: "Tempalte Cache"
with followign code:

PHP Code:

$globaltemplates[] = 'alt_lp_template'; 


and on forum i keep getting "uncached template" warning for "alternate_view".
Note this template was added to master style.

EDIT: what's more weird, i know it's cached, as later on i can access it from $vbulletin->templatecache['alternate_view']

[ragtek]

You have to make it this way:
to cache it:

PHP Code:

 $globaltemplates[] = 'alternate_view'; 


and save the content from the template into a variable:

PHP Code:

eval('$varname = "' . fetch_template('alternate_view') . '";'); 


Now you can use $varname

[IdanB]

thanks, that solved it, wrote under cache name the var name instead... silly me

[street tactic]

Excellent Post. Including my Javascript php file worked in parse_templates rather than cache_templates.

[warrentr2]

Hi Everyone,
Lets say I set some variable:

$domain = "testsub.domain.com";

from within a global_start plugin. SHOULD I be able to use this in any template??

I seem to have very mixed results. Some pages with links that contain this domain are just broken...

Any ideas?

[ragtek]

No, some templates are called from functions/methods, so you would have to create plugins to make your variable in the scope there.

You could write your variable into $vbulletin['myvarname'] = 'foo.bar.tld'; because $vbulletin should be everywhere in the scope.

I hope you can understand what i mean