[development] Specifying .tpl.php file locations

[Richard Morse]

Thanks. Is there any way to implement the second option I listed below -- that is, in the .tpl.php file, specify a different .tpl.php file to use instead?

Thanks,
Ricky

On Oct 5, 2010, at 11:34 AM, Robert Holmes wrote:

> Check out http://drupal.org/node/190815
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> Robbie
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> On Oct 5, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Richard Morse wrote:
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>> Hi! This may be the wrong forum to ask this question; if so, please let me know where I should be directing this question.
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>> I am developing a theme, and would like to use the system provided 'block.tpl.php' file for most blocks. However, for menu blocks I would like to use a different .tpl.php file. I can modify the 'template_files' array in theme_preprocess_block() to include the file, and the devel_themer module then shows the file name added to the list of possible suggestions, but unless I have a file called 'block.tpl.php' in my theme directory, it ignores the file I want it to use. This is sub-optimal because if there are any security changes made to 'block.tpl.php' in future Drupal 6 versions, the changes will not propagate.
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>> Is there any way to do one of the following?
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>> 1. in 'theme_preprocess_block' specify the path to a .tpl.php file to be used, so that I don't need to have a file named 'block.tpl.php' in my theme directory
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>> or
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>> 2. in the 'block.tpl.php' file, somehow tell Drupal to use the one provided by the system instead?
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>> Also, is there some place I should be looking for documentation on how to do this? I've been through much of the Theming manual on drupal.org looking for this information already...
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>> Thanks,
>> Ricky
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