Creating Template Categories?

[Reven]

I've searched a bit, but I've not found anything to do with this, as I don't exactly know what keywords to look for.

How do I go about grouping custom templates together within a template 'category'? So for instance currently in the Style Manager for any style we get 'Forum Home Templates', and within this we get various templates to do with the forum home. How would I group templates together under a name such as the example - 'Forum Home Templates'?

e.g.

Before expaning:

Custom Templates >>

After expanding:

Custom Templates <<
---- Custom Template 1
---- Custom Template 2
---- Custom Template 3

I've seen it done with v3arcade and vBadvanced CMPS, but I can't find a way of doing it...

Cheers.

[Adrian Schneider]

I don't understand...

Grouping them? or having it more recursive?

[Rich]

I think he wants to group his custom templates.

[Adrian Schneider]

Anyway, if you just want to group some custom templates, create a plugin using the template_groups hook...

PHP Code:

// for adding one group:
$only['your_prefix'] = 'Your Group Title';

// For Multiple Groups
$only = array_merge($only, array(
    'prefix_A' => 'Title A',
    'prefix_B' => 'Title B'
)); 


Note that it automatically adds "Templates" onto the end of your title.

[Reven]

Is there something I need to do to get it to work, simialr to rebuilding the bitfields after adding ACP sidebar links, or should it work instantly?

[peterska2]

It should work next time you open your style manager.

[Reven]

Ah, turns out that if you have an underslash at the end of the array level like so:

PHP Code:

$only['your_prefix_'] = 'Your Group Title'; 


It doesn't work. I guess that's logical.

Thanks, guys.