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Template Library Version 1.4.1 - El Forum - 12-27-2009
[eluser]developer10[/eluser]
[quote author="2think" date="1261899393"]cold_fusion,
I can't speak exactly about the 1.7.2 compatibility but this Template Library has default content capabilities for specific regions. If I remember correctly, it is in section III of the user guide, that might be exactly what you're looking for.
Hope this helps some.[/quote]
well, i think that might be just what i want. thanks for pointing that out!
but still there's the issue of compatibility with 1.7.2.
i dont want to start the implementation before somebody assures me that it's fully compatible
Template Library Version 1.4.1 - El Forum - 12-27-2009
[eluser]AgentPhoenix[/eluser]
I'm using the Template Library with 1.7.2 without any issues.
Template Library Version 1.4.1 - El Forum - 12-30-2009
[eluser]razzatrox[/eluser]
Please help. I'm following the user guide and getting this error:
|
|An Error Was Encountered
|
|The "header" region has already been defined.
|
All I did was load the library in the default controller's constructor
The message comes from the "add_region" function when I include the prescribed lines in the config file:
$template['default']['regions'] = array(
'header',
'title',
'content',
'sidebar',
'footer',
);
$template['default']['regions']['header'] = array('content' => array('<h1>CI Rocks!</h1>'));
$template['default']['regions']['footer'] = array('content' => array('<p id="copyright">© Our Company Inc.</p>'));
Thanks
Template Library Version 1.4.1 - El Forum - 12-31-2009
[eluser]mrbinky3000[/eluser]
Greetings,
Love the template library. It is very handy!
One question though. I seem to have problems when using the add_css and add_js utilities. Namely, nothing happens! Also, CI says that $_styles and $_script are undefined.
I wrote overloaded the Controller class with My_Controller so that template can be called automatically on every page. I then overwrite the regions as necessary in each individual controller class method. I also render the template as the last line of every controller class method.
If I call add_css in a controller, nothing happens. Is that because I already started writing regions in My_Controller?
Would appreciate any advice.
Thanks!
Template Library Version 1.4.1 - El Forum - 12-31-2009
[eluser]2think[/eluser]
Hi mrbinky3000,
I don't see why you would need to extend the Controller class with your own just to load the template library? I can't comment that it is wrong but do know you could simply use the config/autoload.php file and load the library there. http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/autoloader.html. It will still get called on every page and thereafter, you merely need to do some $this->template->write or $this->template->write_view depending on what you may be passing in. Finalize all that as you already are with the $this->template->render() and it should work.
Regarding your add_css and add_js utilities, you may want to check your paths relative to your index.php file. Also, check your .htaccess. I know those were two stumbling blocks for me when I setup Template but it's a very well-written library and user guide.
Template Library Version 1.4.1 - El Forum - 12-31-2009
[eluser]wmrobmuadib[/eluser]
Hey Colin, everyone.
Great library, running into snag switching template.
In my template config I have 2 template groups defined
Code:
$template['active_template'] = 'tpl_main';
/*
main template
*/
$template['tpl_main']['template'] = 'templates/tpl_main';
$template['tpl_main']['regions'] = array(
'meta_description',
'meta_keywords',
'title',
'header',
'lcontent',
'rcontent',
'footer',
);
$template['tpl_main']['parser'] = 'parser';
$template['tpl_main']['parser_method'] = 'parse';
$template['tpl_main']['parse_template'] = FALSE;
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| template 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
$template['tpl_2']['template'] = 'templates/tpl_2';
$template['tpl_2']['regions'] = array(
'meta_description',
'meta_keywords',
'title',
'header',
'content',
'footer',
);
$template['tpl_2']['parser'] = 'parser';
$template['tpl_2']['parser_method'] = 'parse';
$template['tpl_2']['parse_template'] = FALSE;things work fine with main template writing my view in cotroller, however getting an error
with controller trying to switch template
Fatal error: Call to undefined function set_template(). Happens whether I call template library in autoload/constructor or index.
Code:
public function index() {
$this->load->library('template');
$this->template>set_template('tpl_adform');anybody know what problem is?
thx
Template Library Version 1.4.1 - El Forum - 12-31-2009
[eluser]mrbinky3000[/eluser]
Let me clarify. I do load the template class in autoload.php. I overloaded the Controller class with the My_Controller class so that I could do the following in the MY_Controller constructor:
Code:
// load the default template
$this->template->write('sTitle','#UNDEFINED#', TRUE);
$this->template->write_view('sHead', 'template_001/head.php', FALSE, TRUE);
$this->template->write_view('sHeader', 'template_001/header.php', FALSE, TRUE);
$this->template->write_view('sMenu', 'template_001/menu.php', FALSE, TRUE);
$this->template->write_view('sBody', 'template_001/body.php', FALSE, TRUE);
$this->template->write_view('sFooter', 'template_001/footer.php', FALSE, TRUE);Then, in each new Controller class that I create, I usually just overwrite the default body with a new view dedicated to that controller. For example:
Code:
class Hello extends MY_Controller
{
function Hello()
{
parent::Controller();
// NOTE: template class was autoloaded in config/autoload.php
}
function something()
{
// The following line doesn't seem to work?
$this->template->add_css('css/some_css_file.css');
$this->template->write_view('sBody','hello/something/body',FALSE,TRUE);
$this->template->render();
}
}Hopefully that clarifies things.
Thanks!
Template Library Version 1.4.1 - El Forum - 12-31-2009
[eluser]2think[/eluser]
wmrobmuadib,
You're calling it as $this->template>set_template('tpl_adform') when you define it as $template['tpl_2']
Template Library Version 1.4.1 - El Forum - 12-31-2009
[eluser]wmrobmuadib[/eluser]
[quote author="2think" date="1262315365"]wmrobmuadib,
You're calling it as $this->template>set_template('tpl_adform') when you define it as $template['tpl_2'][/quote]
Ooops, sorry. I just changed the name for my example to tpl_2 it's all the same 'tpl_adform' in my code
Sorry, was 'sanitizing' my code, missed that one. it is consistent naming between config/ and adsignup.php controller $this->template>set_template('tpl_adform') when you define it as $template['tpl_2']
still not sure what issue. I noticed a discrepancy in the config file
In the template.php config, the code is $template['active_template'] ='default';
while in user guide it lists it as $template['active_group']. Also noticed I had text error in code. I added the $template['active_group'] definition and now it works, thanks for your interest/help.
Rob (now to debug next problem
)
Template Library Version 1.4.1 - El Forum - 02-06-2010
[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Is it me or does seem too crumby to actually send variables to your template?
Why does everything have to be defined in a region?
The page could have tens of variables, I can't sit there and add every region then write what I want to every region.
Before I continue further ranting about my problem, let me explain what I'm trying to do.
Have a global template with my default javascript, css, etc. with a <div> or <td> in that will contain every page.
with write_view() I can pass the tpl file I want to include in that specific page, and also use the handy add_js/css() functions for any additional page-specific script or styles.
so let's say I wrote write_view('include_tpl','index.tpl'). What if my index.tpl needs a variable {$name} to be passed to it.
How can I do that? do I have to dynamically add a region then write that variable to that region?
with smarty+php I would do the following:
Code:
$smarty->assign('name',"John Doe");
$smarty->assign('_TPL_NAME_','index.tpl');
$smarty->display('global.tpl');it would render index.tpl and put it in a smarty include line inside global.tpl
Code:
{include file="$_TPL_NAME_"}simple and easy. no regions. no hassle.
If no one else has any better ideas, I'm at a point where I'm going to add a wrapper function to create a region and assign a value to it. And also instead of passing the included tpl file name with this new function, I'm going to modify render() to take a tpl file name and use that function automatically.
My Final code would look like this
Code:
$user_name = "some guy";
$this->template->assign('user',$user_name); // this is my custom function i added to the class
$this->render('user_page.tpl');instead of
Code:
$user_name = "some guy";
$this->template->add_region('user');
$this->template->write('user',$user_name);
$this->template->add_region('include_tpl');
$this->template->write('include_tpl','index.tpl');
$this->template->render();Cuts the code down by more than half!
Will be waiting for your feedback.
Dan