I've cloned and renamed the default theme so that I can start building a new template, but I noticed that all the images are hard coded to the default theme (e.g. /catalog/view/theme/default/image/) is there another way I can write the image locations so that it will inherit the name of the theme?
So if the theme was called "blue" the image source would automatically become "/catalog/view/theme/blue/image/" etc.
It would be handy for the stylesheet too which is hard coded to "catalog/view/theme/default/stylesheet/"
I'm new to Opencart so I apologise if this either been covered or does not make any sense.
Ozzy
What you're talking about can be done, but it does require changes to a few controllers and template files to make it happen. I've already done this (among other things) in my own development setup.
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In 0.x, all hardcoded references were replaced with
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="catalog/template/<?php echo $this->directory?>/css/product.css">
Looks like there's pretty much a years worth of fixes missing from 1.x
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="catalog/template/<?php echo $this->directory?>/css/product.css">
Looks like there's pretty much a years worth of fixes missing from 1.x
Your "<?php echo $this->directory; ?>" was introduced in 0.7.8, around September/October last year, not a year ago!Qphoria wrote:Looks like there's pretty much a years worth of fixes missing from 1.x
And while that method may work in 0.x, where the "layout.tpl" is at the top level of the template directory, it doesn't work in 1.x, because "layout.tpl" is in "catalog/view/theme/default//template/module" and that is the directory that would be referred to by "$this->directory".
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SILENCE! If you check the 0.x forums you will see it was introduced on March 11th 2008:fido-x wrote: Your "<?php echo $this->directory; ?>" was introduced in 0.7.8, around September/October last year, not a year ago!
http://forum.opencart0.com/index.php/topic,1002.0.html
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Certainly there will be some syntax changes, but the method will still likely applyfido-x wrote: And while that method may work in 0.x, where the "layout.tpl" is at the top level of the template directory, it doesn't work in 1.x, because "layout.tpl" is in "catalog/view/theme/default//template/module" and that is the directory that would be referred to by "$this->directory".
Sure, it was mentioned on the forum a year ago as a modification, but not introduced into the core until the 0.7.8 release! My comment stands!Qphoria wrote:SILENCE! If you check the 0.x forums you will see it was introduced on March 11th 2008:fido-x wrote: Your "<?php echo $this->directory; ?>" was introduced in 0.7.8, around September/October last year, not a year ago!
http://forum.opencart0.com/index.php/topic,1002.0.html
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Hadn't thought of that one! A lot easier than the method I used.Qphoria wrote:Edit your tpl files and change "default" to <?php echo $this->template; ?>
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Just tried this and it doesn't work! This sort of code may work where the layout.tpl file is at the top level of the template directory, but doesn't work when the layout.tpl file is 2 subdirectories down.Qphoria wrote:Sure enough.
Edit your tpl files and change "default" to <?php echo $this->template; ?>
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Yea.. sorry, it works but not the way I said it... basically its replacing the full path, not just "default"
<?php echo $this->template; ?> = "default/template/module/layout.tpl"
so I guess you'd need to parse that first to get just the "default" off of it.
It works on the principal in the controller files:
$this->template = $this->config->get('config_template') . 'module/xxx.tpl';
So replace default with <?php echo ($x = explode($this->template, '/')) ? '$x[0]' : 'default' ?>
Still the idea has been around since last March and it should still be in here. 1.x had the trail already blazed for it.. there's no excuse!
<?php echo $this->template; ?> = "default/template/module/layout.tpl"
so I guess you'd need to parse that first to get just the "default" off of it.
It works on the principal in the controller files:
$this->template = $this->config->get('config_template') . 'module/xxx.tpl';
So replace default with <?php echo ($x = explode($this->template, '/')) ? '$x[0]' : 'default' ?>
It was in the svn shortly after that time, so it WAS in the corefido-x wrote: Sure, it was mentioned on the forum a year ago as a modification, but not introduced into the core until the 0.7.8 release! My comment stands!
Still the idea has been around since last March and it should still be in here. 1.x had the trail already blazed for it.. there's no excuse!
Ok..
Edit all tpl files
replace default with:
That should work, tho could probably be cleaned up and if using a windows box the / might be \\ so using the constant DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR would be best, but I don't think that's being used properly in the configs anyway so you'll have to wing it.
Edit all tpl files
replace default with:
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<?php $tpl = explode('/', $this->template); echo (isset($tpl[0])) ? $tpl[0] : 'default' ?>
Similar to the method I used. What I did, was place the following in the relevant controllers:
then replaced references to default in the template files to:
Yes, I know I don't have to use "reset" in the "explode" function. It just guarantees that I get the first value from the resulting array.
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$this->data['template_name'] = (reset(explode('/', $this->config->get('config_template'))));Code: Select all
<?php echo $template_name; ?>
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fido-x wrote:Similar to the method I used. What I did, was place the following in the relevant controllers:then replaced references to default in the template files to:Code: Select all
$this->data['template_name'] = (reset(explode('/', $this->config->get('config_template'))));Yes, I know I don't have to use "reset" in the "explode" function. It just guarantees that I get the first value from the resulting array.Code: Select all
<?php echo $template_name; ?>
Yea that's fine too.. tho my way only edits the tpl files, less leg work
You're right there. Shouldn't really modify the controllers for this type of thing anyway.Qphoria wrote:.. tho my way only edits the tpl files, less leg work
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The files you'll need to modify are:
You can use either Q's code:
which provides a "fallback" for the default template, or use the following shorter line:
which doesn't provide the "fallback", it just uses whatever is in the settings table in the database.
If the template from the settings table doesn't exist anymore (for some reason), your display will be stuffed up. Mind you, having a fallback for the default template will only work if the default template is still there and still called "default".
- everything in "catalog/view/theme/default/template/module"; and
everything in "catalog/view/theme/default/template/product".
You can use either Q's code:
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<?php $tpl = explode('/', $this->template); echo (isset($tpl[0])) ? $tpl[0] : 'default' ?>Code: Select all
<?php $tpl = explode('/', $this->template); echo $tpl[0]; ?>If the template from the settings table doesn't exist anymore (for some reason), your display will be stuffed up. Mind you, having a fallback for the default template will only work if the default template is still there and still called "default".
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Could even use your reset option without a fallback for a really short one:
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<?php echo reset(explode('/', $this->template)); ?>
Good one! I'll include that in the next update to my modsQphoria wrote:Could even use your reset option without a fallback for a really short one:
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<?php echo reset(explode('/', $this->template)); ?>
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