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nayeem
blocks and templates

  • 2004/6/17 19:15

  • nayeem

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what are the major differences between blocks and templates?
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tl
Re: blocks and templates

  • 2004/6/17 21:08

  • tl

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Xoops WIKI

Particularly
Themes Vs Templates
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nayeem
Re: blocks and templates

  • 2004/6/17 21:29

  • nayeem

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thanks but i already read this and this doesnt seem to treat blocks and templates as seperate things, instead its talking about the difference between themes and templates which is not quite what i am looking for...
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tl
Re: blocks and templates

  • 2004/6/17 21:49

  • tl

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Block controls what information get displayed, how the contents get displayed is up to template.

news bigstory block (news_bigstory.php)
le="color: #000000"><?php function b_news_bigstory_show() { global $xoopsDB; $myts =& MyTextSanitizer::getInstance(); $block = array(); $tdate = mktime(0,0,0,date("n"),date("j"),date("Y")); $result = $xoopsDB->query("SELECT storyid, title FROM ".$xoopsDB->prefix("stories")." WHERE published > ".$tdate." AND published < ".time()." AND (expired > ".time()." OR expired = 0) ORDER BY counter DESC",1,0); list($fsid, $ftitle) = $xoopsDB->fetchRow($result); if ( !$fsid && !$ftitle ) { $block['message'] = _MB_NEWS_NOTYET; } else { $block['message'] = _MB_NEWS_TMRSI; $block['story_title'] = $myts->makeTboxData4Show($ftitle); $block['story_id'] = $fsid; } return $block; } ?>



here is how it gets displayed (news_block_bigstory.html)
le="color: #000000"><?php <p><{$block.message}></p> <{if $block.story_id != ""}> <p><a href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/news/article.php? storyid=<{$block.story_id}>"><{$block.story_title}></p> <{/if}>


You can create a custom block without using a template.
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Dave_L
Re: blocks and templates

  • 2004/6/17 21:52

  • Dave_L

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A block is a rectangular area of content that may be configured to display on specified pages for specified user groups.

A template is a file containing Smarty code (and/or plain HTML). A template controls the presentation (appearance) of whatever content it's used to display. Some templates correspond to blocks, some correspond to the main part of a module, some (themes) control the overall page appearance. Some templates are only pieces that get included by other templates.
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tl
Re: blocks and templates

  • 2004/6/17 21:59

  • tl

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Thanks, Dave. Much better than I what had tried to explain.
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nayeem
Re: blocks and templates

  • 2004/6/17 22:45

  • nayeem

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thanks.

its a bit clear now. so how do these blocks gets called in the first place, eg in the news module's index page it uses several blocks (eg news_block_top) but i dont see any reference to calling those anywhere... ?
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tl
Re: blocks and templates

  • 2004/6/17 23:52

  • tl

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Blocks are referenced in news module's xoops_version.php file

The first two blocks of news module
le="color: #000000"><?php // Blocks $modversion['blocks'][1]['file'] = "news_topics.php"; $modversion['blocks'][1]['name'] = _MI_NEWS_BNAME1; $modversion['blocks'][1]['description'] = "Shows news topics"; $modversion['blocks'][1]['show_func'] = "b_news_topics_show"; $modversion['blocks'][1]['template'] = 'news_block_topics.html'; $modversion['blocks'][2]['file'] = "news_bigstory.php"; $modversion['blocks'][2]['name'] = _MI_NEWS_BNAME3; $modversion['blocks'][2]['description'] = "Shows most read story of the day"; $modversion['blocks'][2]['show_func'] = "b_news_bigstory_show"; $modversion['blocks'][2]['template'] = 'news_block_bigstory.html';



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