Hi

I would like to use different detail templates, depending on the category.

So, if Shoes is the cat, use the detailed_shoes.html template, and so on.

Bobsie, over in Links flatfile, had some great code to allow multi-template all kinds of stuff, from multi category templates, to multi link.html, to a variation for multi-template detail pages.

Is this kind of flexibility available in SQL?

I know that you can snag a different category.html from another directory, but I would rather use designated templates (by category) within the same main template directory (as is the case over in Links flatfile) for all category.html, link.html, and detail.html.

If anyone might have any suggestions, I would be most grateful.

Thanks

DT

Here is an example of Bobsie's code for Links flatfile. Can something like this work in SQL?


Sorry for the extra post. I just don't get the limited-time edit thing. I often come back to fix this or that in my posts cuz I ain't the most efficient note writer.

Thanks

DT

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is what you were thinking, but if you enter 'yahoo' in the Category_Template, then it will pull category.html, link.html, detail.html and subcategory.html from the yahoo template directory, not the normal one.

Cheers,

Alex
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If I remember correctly, the links sql code does something like that by default.

If you look in admin/Links/Build.pm, sub build_category, it does this:
which is a call to sub template_set in Category.pm
This checks the Category_Template field for a template to use for that particular category, or it will use its parent's template.

I'm just starting to tinker with Links SQL (writing the PHP frontend), so I could be wrong .

You might want to check out the new Links SQL manual for something like this.

Adrian

Thanks, Alex and brewt

I think I get you. Create template directories and name them for the categories. Then, just specify that category group of templates.

Okay, I guess it was right under my noze...

BTW, where is the new Links SQL manual? I still haven't found the old one (unless that is the one in the Help section of the script).

Many thanks

DT