Apologies for harping on with this problem, but I'm thinking, after so much trouble with views-calc and computed field that maybe I need a page.tpl.php or template.tpl.php with the appropriate php code to display the correct information. Problem is, some time ago I read a tut on creating a new template.tpl.php, renaming it, etc but cannot find that tut nor how to get the new template to display from a menu selection.
I really need some hand holding here to understand the process, where the php code should be put in the tpl.php
Help gratefully appreciated thanks in advance Roger
maybe I need a page.tpl.php or template.tpl.php with the appropriate php code to display the correct information.
Generally, it's better practice to write a custom views handler for this instead of putting it in the theme layer. Check out http://views-help.doc.logrus.com/help/views/api for more information.
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Roger arelem@bigpond.com wrote:
Apologies for harping on with this problem, but I'm thinking, after so much trouble with views-calc and computed field that maybe I need a page.tpl.php or template.tpl.php with the appropriate php code to display the correct information. Problem is, some time ago I read a tut on creating a new template.tpl.php, renaming it, etc but cannot find that tut nor how to get the new template to display from a menu selection.
I really need some hand holding here to understand the process, where the php code should be put in the tpl.php
Help gratefully appreciated thanks in advance Roger
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Carl's suggestion may be the right way to go in this case, but just so you know, the devel_themer module will show you the templates and functions being used and the available hierarchy for your own overrides. And the contemplate module will let you see all the possible data values. Last I looked devel_themer wasn't available on D7.
Marty
At 03:02 PM 4/25/2011, Carl Wiedemann wrote:
maybe I need a page.tpl.php or template.tpl.php with the appropriate php code to display the correct information.
Generally, it's better practice to write a custom views handler for this instead of putting it in the theme layer. Check out http://views-help.doc.logrus.com/help/views/apihttp://views-help.doc.logrus.com/help/views/api for more information.
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Roger <mailto:arelem@bigpond.comarelem@bigpond.com> wrote: Apologies for harping on with this problem, but I'm thinking, after so much trouble with views-calc and computed field that maybe I need a page.tpl.php or template.tpl.php with the appropriate php code to display the correct information. Problem is, some time ago I read a tut on creating a new template.tpl.php, renaming it, etc but cannot find that tut nor how to get the new template to display from a menu selection.
I really need some hand holding here to understand the process, where the php code should be put in the tpl.php
Help gratefully appreciated thanks in advance Roger
And the contemplate module will let you see all the possible data values
I do not recommend using the contemplate module which stores PHP code in the database which can be a security risk. Consider using theme preprocess functions instead http://drupal.org/node/223430
Also keep in mind that any modifications to the theme layer will be specific only to that theme -- this might not matter much , but do keep in mind if the theme changes or is revised in the future.
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Marty Landman mlandman@face2interface.comwrote:
Carl's suggestion may be the right way to go in this case, but just so you know, the devel_themer module will show you the templates and functions being used and the available hierarchy for your own overrides. And the contemplate module will let you see all the possible data values. Last I looked devel_themer wasn't available on D7.
Marty
At 03:02 PM 4/25/2011, Carl Wiedemann wrote:
maybe I need a page.tpl.php or template.tpl.php with the appropriate php code to display the correct information.
Generally, it's better practice to write a custom views handler for this instead of putting it in the theme layer. Check out http://views-help.doc.logrus.com/help/views/api
http://views-help.doc.logrus.com/help/views/api
for more information.
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Roger <mailto:arelem@bigpond.comarelem@bigpond.com> wrote: Apologies for harping on with this problem, but I'm thinking, after so much trouble with views-calc and computed field that maybe I need a page.tpl.php or template.tpl.php with the appropriate php code to display the correct information. Problem is, some time ago I read a tut on creating a new template.tpl.php, renaming it, etc but cannot find that tut nor how to get the new template to display from a menu selection.
I really need some hand holding here to understand the process, where the php code should be put in the tpl.php
Help gratefully appreciated thanks in advance Roger
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