Help : customise block in the sidebare

[tounet]

I have a php file inspire the product "Rate My Photo (HorOrNot Clone)" and correctly displays the best picture of my database and uses a template but I am unable to make my block:

the php code

PHP Code:

<?php 

global $vbulletin;
// Include Globals
    require_once('./global.php');

$bestphoto =$vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT * FROM vb_ratemyphoto_photos WHERE approved=1 AND hidden=0 

AND rating>0 ORDER BY rating DESC, votes DESC LIMIT 1");
    $besttitle = htmlspecialchars_uni($bestphoto["title"]);
    $bestphotoname = $bestphoto["logo"];
    $bestvotes = $bestphoto["votes"];
    $bestrating = $bestphoto["rating"];
        $templater = vB_Template::create('block-photo');
        $templater->register('besttitle', $besttitle);
    $templater->register('bestphotoname', $bestphotoname);
        $templater->register('bestvotes', $bestvotes);
    $templater->register('bestrating', $bestrating);
    $templater->register('bestuserid', $bestphoto[userid]);
    $templater->register('bestusername', $bestphoto[username]);    
    $templater->register('catid', $catid);
        print_output($templater->render());
 
      
?>

the template :

<li>
	<div class="block smaller">
		<div class="blocksubhead">
		Meilleur photo	
		</div>
		<div id="block_title" class="blockbody floatcontainer" {vb:raw content.style}>
			<div class="blockrow">

	<img src="../forum/ratemyphoto/photo/thumbs/{vb:raw bestphotoname}"/>

			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="underblock"></div>
</li>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>	
<div class="underblock"></div>

[kh99]

Try this for the code:

global $vbulletin;

$bestphoto =$vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT * FROM vb_ratemyphoto_photos WHERE approved=1 AND hidden=0 

AND rating>0 ORDER BY rating DESC, votes DESC LIMIT 1");
    $besttitle = htmlspecialchars_uni($bestphoto["title"]);
    $bestphotoname = $bestphoto["logo"];
    $bestvotes = $bestphoto["votes"];
    $bestrating = $bestphoto["rating"];
        $templater = vB_Template::create('block-photo');
        $templater->register('besttitle', $besttitle);
    $templater->register('bestphotoname', $bestphotoname);
        $templater->register('bestvotes', $bestvotes);
    $templater->register('bestrating', $bestrating);
    $templater->register('bestuserid', $bestphoto[userid]);
    $templater->register('bestusername', $bestphoto[username]);    
    $templater->register('catid', $catid);
    return $templater->render();

[tounet]

Thank you but the block still appears empty

[kh99]

Have you created the template called "block-photo" (or does it exist already)?

[tounet]

Originally Posted by kh99

Have you created the template called "block-photo" (or does it exist already)?

I created it myself

her the link demo : her

[kh99]

Well, I can't really tell what's going on from that. One thing is that the template you posted doesn't have the tags matched - there's one more </div> than there is <div>.

Are you entering that template name in "Template to use"? If so, set "Template to Use" to block_html. Also, set "Cache Time (in minutes)" to 0 until you get it working, then set it to the number of minutes you want to cache.

[Lynne]

Replace this line:

PHP Code:

    return $templater->render(); 


With these:

PHP Code:

    $my_output = $templater->render();
    return $my_output; 


And Kevin is correct in that your html template is improper html. I have no idea what it will do to the page if you leave it like that.

[tounet]

the new template :

<div class="block smaller">
	<div class="blocksubhead">
		Meilleur photo
	</div>
	<div class="widget_content blockbody floatcontainer">
		<div class="blockrow" align="center">
			<A HREF="ratemyphoto/photos/{vb:raw bestphotoname}"><img border="0" src="ratemyphoto/photos/thumbs/{vb:raw bestphotoname}"></A><br />
			
		</div>
	</div>
</div>	
<div class="underblock"></div>

I have set "Template to Use" to block_html. and, set "Cache Time (in minutes)" to 0



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Originally Posted by Lynne

Replace this line:

PHP Code:

    return $templater->render(); 


With these:

PHP Code:

    $my_output = $templater->render();
    return $my_output; 


And Kevin is correct in that your html template is improper html. I have no idea what it will do to the page if you leave it like that.

PHP Code:

$my_output = $templater->render();
    return $my_output; 


I tested with and it does not work

[kh99]

Originally Posted by tounet

I have set "Template to Use" to block_html.

It says "block_photo" (unless you meant you changed it after making the screen grab). It *is* possible to use a custom template name there, but unless you want the "frame" part to look different than other blocks, I wouldn't do it that way.

[Lynne]

All your variables need to be returned as an array. Example:

PHP Code:

    $my_output = array('besttitle', $besttitle
    'bestphotoname', $bestphotoname);
return $my_output 


And then you may use those variables in your template. I have a Users Online Block that I released (see my profile) and you can see how to use a custom template and return custom variables.