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Feb 24, 2009, 3:09 AM
EZFrag
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Different detail template for each category?
Hi thereSmile

I just want to know if there is a way to use a different detail template for certain categories?

Thanks

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Feb 24, 2009, 8:02 AM
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Sure, should be able to (its not that simple though)

1) Add a new field in your glinks_Category table, for example DetailedPageTemplateName (CHAR/255)
2) Then add this global:

work_out_what_detailed_template
Code:
sub {
my $cat_id = $DB->table('CatLinks')->select( ['CategoryID'], { LinkID => $_[0] } )->fetchrow;
my $template = $DB->table('Category')->select( ['DetailedPageTemplateName '], { ID => $cat_id } )->fetchrow;
$template ? return { DetailedPageTemplateName => $template } : return { DetailedPageTemplateName => "" };
}


3) Then, in detailed.html - use:

Code:
<%work_out_what_detailed_template($ID)%>
<%if DetailedPageTemplateName%>
<%include $DetailedPageTemplateName%>
<%else%>
..show normal code from detailed.html here , i.e generic detailed page
<%endif%>

Should work =)

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Feb 24, 2009, 11:47 PM
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Feb 24, 2009, 11:47 PM
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Hmmm.... makes sense. Thanks Andy. I'll give it a try later today and let you know.

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Feb 26, 2009, 12:57 AM
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Feb 26, 2009, 12:57 AM
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Thanks Andy, that method worked 100% great. Laugh

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Feb 26, 2009, 1:35 AM
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Feb 26, 2009, 1:35 AM
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Cool, good to hear =)

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Apr 2, 2009, 4:44 AM
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Apr 2, 2009, 4:44 AM
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Hi there,

I got new requirements for this solution. Each of the detail templates must be located in their own directories under "admin/templates/luna/local/".
For a test, I created a directory "admin/templates/luna/local/blue", moved "blue_detailed.html" into it, and updated the Category field "DetailedPageTemplateName" to "blue/blue_detailed.html".

Now, when I build the pages, I receive the following error:

Code:
Error: Can't load included file 'blue/newblue_detailed.html': Invalid characters in filename
Any ideas regarding this?

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Apr 2, 2009, 3:25 PM
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Apr 2, 2009, 3:25 PM
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For security purposes, a variable include (<%include $foo%>) cannot contain a path. If you do the proper checking, then you can write a global to do the include. Search the forums, there's code out there for that.

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Apr 3, 2009, 1:20 AM
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Ok thanks,

I'll look around.

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