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Sometimes it would be nice if every category could have it's own different templates. This is a quick and dirty solution. News module is taken as example. Open news/xoops_version.php in an editor and replace this code:
// Templates
$modversion['templates'][1]['file'] = 'news_archive.html';
$modversion['templates'][1]['description'] = '';
$modversion['templates'][2]['file'] = 'news_article.html';
$modversion['templates'][2]['description'] = '';
$modversion['templates'][3]['file'] = 'news_index.html';
$modversion['templates'][3]['description'] = '';
$modversion['templates'][4]['file'] = 'news_item.html';
$modversion['templates'][4]['description'] = '';
with this code:
// Templates
$modversion['templates'][1]['file'] = 'news_archive.html';
$modversion['templates'][1]['description'] = '';
$modversion['templates'][2]['file'] = 'news_article.html';
$modversion['templates'][2]['description'] = '';
$modversion['templates'][3]['file'] = 'news_index.html';
$modversion['templates'][3]['description'] = '';
$modversion['templates'][4]['file'] = 'news_item.html';
$modversion['templates'][4]['description'] = '';
$modversion['templates'][5]['file'] = 'news_article1.html';
$modversion['templates'][5]['description'] = 'Kat-ID 1';
global $xoopsDB;
$i = 6;
$result = $xoopsDB->query("SELECT topic_id FROM
".$xoopsDB->prefix("topics")."");
while (list($topic_id) = $xoopsDB->fetchRow($result)) {
$modversion['templates'][$i]['file'] =
'news_article'.$topic_id.'.html';
$modversion['templates'][$i]['description'] = 'Kat-ID '.$topic_id;
$quelle = XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.'/modules/news/templates/news_article.html';
$ziel =
XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.'/modules/news/templates/news_article'.$topic_id.'.html';
if (
!file_exists(XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.'/modules/news/templates/news_article'.$topic_id.'.html')
) {
copy($quelle, $ziel);
}
$i++;
}
Open news/article.php in an editor and delete following line:
$xoopsOption['template_main'] = 'news_article.html';
Insert following line before including footer.php:
$xoopsOption['template_main'] = 'news_article'.$article->topicid().'.html';
This it how it works: First you have to create categories in news, then you have to update the module. Then go to the Templates-Manager and generate the new templates. The original news_article.html is the source for the copies, so if you want to spare some time you can change this FILE.
Unfortunately news/templates must be writable.
I think my solution will work for any module working with categories.
