vb 2.0b1 : View templates inline

Updated 06/30/01 for v2.01 plus added feature for Preview of "View Original"

To make it easier to see what a template looks like, Set up a Preview by following these instructions:

1. Open template.php.
2. Look for (around line 79)

  makeinputcode("Template name","title",$title);
  makechoosercode("Template set","templatesetid","templateset",iif(isset($templatesetid),$templatesetid,-1),iif($debug,"All - global to all template sets",""));
  maketextareacode("Template<br><br><font size='1'>".iif(isset($title),makelinkcode("view default template","template.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=view&title=$title",1)."</font>",""),"template",$template,25,80);
  makehiddencode("group", "$group");
  doformfooter("Save");

3. DIRECTLY After that add

echo "<b>Preview Code Placement:</b><hr>$template<hr><b>Preview Page Layout:</b><hr>\n";
  eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("$title")."\");");

4.Look for (around line 99)

  makeinputcode("Template name","title",$template[title]);
  makechoosercode("Template set","templatesetid","templateset",$template[templatesetid],iif($debug,"All - global to all template sets",""));
  maketextareacode("Template<br><br><font size='1'>".makelinkcode("view default template","template.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=view&title=$template[title]",1)."</font>","template",$template[template],25,80);
  makehiddencode("group", "$group");
  doformfooter("Save Changes");

5. DIRECTLY After that add

  $templatesetid=$template[templatesetid];
  echo "<b>Preview Code Placement:</b><hr>$template[template]<hr><b>Preview Page Layout:</b><hr>\n";
  eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("$template[title]")."\");");

6. Look for (around line 125)

  doformheader("","");
  maketableheader("View Default template");
  maketextareacode($template[title],"",$template[template],20,80);
  echo "</table>\n</td></tr></table></form>";

7. DIRECTLY After that add

  echo "<b>Preview Code Placement:</b><hr>$template[template]<hr><b>Preview Page Layout:</b><hr>\n";
  eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("$title")."\");");

Screenshot below:

Suggestion: run it through the replacement variables before displaying.

Sounds like a great idea, but I have no idea how to do that...not familiar enuf w/ the code...but if u give me a clue or 2 I'll work on it...

check how templates are normally parsed, it should be there somewhere.

A quick look in misc.php should give you the answers you seek.

OK, now that I put it through templates, sometimes it looks a bit funny. So I output it both ways.

Since you actually need these variables to make it look good, this hack is not for everyone, but I find it very useful when working on the templates.

I've updated the hack instructions above...[thanks to menno and wluke]

You need to change point 5 to

$templatesetid=$template[templatesetid];
echo "<hr>$template[template]<hr>\n";
eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("$template[title]")."\");");

Otherwise gettemplate will always get the default template and not the one you are going to edit.

Originally posted by Fryzid
You need to change point 5 to

$templatesetid=$template[templatesetid];
echo "<hr>$template[template]<hr>\n";
eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("$template[title]")."\");");

Otherwise gettemplate will always get the default template and not the one you are going to edit.

Thanks, I'll try that, maybe that's why it was coming out weird. But I'm wondering how

$templatesetid=$template[templatesetid]

can change the value of

eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("$template[title]")."\");")

later?

Nice help, especially while translating Thx...

But you shoukld prevent one thing:

Ever tried to edit standardredirect ????

Originally posted by Sven
Nice help, especially while translating Thx...

But you shoukld prevent one thing:

Ever tried to edit standardredirect ????

heh heh, no idea how to help this but I see your point