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@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@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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I'm going around in circles :) Ok, so I created variables in template_preprocess_region(). I print the variables in region--featured.tpl.php. Nothing shows up. If I print a string in the same template, nothing shows up. If, however, I create a block and assign it to that region, then the template fires and everything prints. So, how do I get content into the region from template.php so that the region template fires? Also, I notice that template_preprocess_region fires for every region with content. In order to not have the assignments I do in it fire for every region on the page, I need to check $vars['region'] ... the problem, though, is the same as with the region template file... $vars['region'] contains 'content', 'sidebar first' and 'footer' during the page creation, but never my region...I assume because my region doesn't have content. Seems like a catch-22. On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Benj Fredrick <benj.fredrick@gmail.com>wrote:

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@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@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@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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