[support] D7 Adding content to an empty region from template.php

[Benj Fredrick]

i'm just setting some $vars['custom_variables'] - and then printing them in
a region tpl file

-Benj


On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Jeff Greenberg <
listmail.ayendesigns at gmail.com> wrote:

> I did try using that function, but two things, into which structure do you
> deposit the content, and if I display the region name, it seems this
> doesn't fire for the empty region.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 1, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Benj Fredrick <benj.fredrick at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I don't know that it's the Right Way or the Best Way, but I have used
> template_preprocess_region() to add content to an empty region from
> template.php.
>
> hope that helps,
> -Benj
>
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Jeff Greenberg <
> listmail.ayendesigns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I was asking a slightly different question in the themes list, but I've
>> narrowed down my issue, and believe it's more of a support question than a
>> theme development question.
>>
>> I am trying to add content to a region from within template.php. The
>> region has no content prior to doing this.
>>
>> I have tried drupal_add_region_content() from template_preprocess_page,
>> template_preprocess_html and template_preprocess_region.
>>
>> I've also tried just making an assignment to
>> $vars[page][my_region][my_section_name][content][#markup] from the same
>> functions.
>>
>> Nothing results in output. Do I have to do it using hook_page_build from
>> a module?
>>
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