A Note to Theme makers...

I noticed a few theme makers are splitting off the options and other bits into separate tpl files. Then using include/require to include them into the overall page. This is fine but may I ask for a slight change.

The method you use to include them is: This causes problems for vQmod scripts that need to alter parts of the page because it uses a relative path to the product.tpl file instead of a relative path to the controller.

please instead use: This will resolve the issues.

Current known themes with this issue: shoppica and two other ones I've run into (i forget the names)

Good to know.

Qphoria wrote:I noticed a few theme makers are splitting off the options and other bits into separate tpl files. Then using include/require to include them into the overall page. This is fine but may I ask for a slight change.

The method you use to include them is:

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require 'product_options.tpl';

This causes problems for vQmod scripts that need to alter parts of the page because it uses a relative path to the product.tpl file instead of a relative path to the controller.

please instead use:

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require 'catalog/view/theme/<themename>/template/product/product_options.tpl'

This will resolve the issues.

Current known themes with this issue: shoppica and two other ones I've run into (i forget the names)

Thanks for the hint. We will change all of the require statements in our theme, as you suggest.

Thanks for the tips, Q! I'll change this too in my themes where it is used.

Hmm...noted it