[development] Specifying .tpl.php file locations

[Richard Morse]

Hi! Thanks for pointing out that I could use the 'include' function -- that makes me much happier.

Ricky

On Oct 5, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Victor Kane wrote:

> It is better to go with Drupal's default name-convention-based principles
> for naming template files, which do the same thing, as explained in the ref
> cited above (http://drupal.org/node/190815).
> 
> However, there is nothing to stop you from implementing a block.tpl.php
> which has a conditional structure involving one or more includes.
> 
> Victor Kane
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> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Richard Morse <remorse at partners.org> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>>> 
>>> Robbie
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Oct 5, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Richard Morse wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi! This may be the wrong forum to ask this question; if so, please let
>> me know where I should be directing this question.
>>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there any way to do one of the following?
>>>> 
>>>> 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
>>>> 
>>>> or
>>>> 
>>>> 2. in the 'block.tpl.php' file, somehow tell Drupal to use the one
>> provided by the system instead?
>>>> 
>>>> 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.orglooking for this information already...
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ricky
>>>> 
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