Templates SUFFIX

igcorreia
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12 years 7 months ago #18872 by igcorreia

Templates SUFFIX was created by igcorreia

I have an problem and could this problem become a feature

I have 2 categories that uses the same template so this means that I have to use the SAME DESIGN in both categories

But I actually want to use a Category Suffix so one can have a Black Background and the other a Withe background.

The idea here is NOT TO DUPLICATE the template, because they ACTUALLY use the same one. And for maintenance it easier to only have one, because we are talking about 25 custom fields.

What do you think? You could apply the same tecnic that you use in the fields as a class suffix but in the entire template.

Does this makes sense?

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ggppdk
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12 years 7 months ago #18874 by ggppdk

Replied by ggppdk on topic Templates SUFFIX

What you ask is already there.

Let's say your template is called my 'mytemplate1'

Inside the template folder 'mytemplate1' there is a category.xml file that has the parameters of the template per category.

e.g. between

Code:

<params ...>
...
</params>

add

Code:

<params ...>
<param name="custom_bgcolor" type="text" size="4" default="#FFFFFF" label="Background Color" description="Background Color of the category page" />
</params>

This and any other parameters you add there, will appear in category edit page.

at the Group "Layout Parameters"
inside the slider "Parameters: mytemplate1"

Go ahead and replace the default value of '#FFFFFF' with e.g. black etc

Inside your template php files you can use the parameter like this:

Code:

defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );
?>
<?php $custom_bgcolor = $this->params->get( 'custom_bgcolor', '#FFFFFF' ); ?>
<div id="flexicontent" class="flexicontent" style='background-color:<?=$custom_bgcolor?>;'>

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