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04/17/04 11:04pm

grouch

Anonymous

Geeklog is great (hey, check Groklaw.net ) but the fixed html messages in lib-common.php are driving me nuts. I am not a php wizard, so can anyone give me some tips on how to tell Geeklog to use a new template file?

For example:

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function COM_showMessage( $msg )

{

    global $MESSAGE, $_CONF;

    $retval = '';

    if( $msg > 0 )

    {                    

        $timestamp = strftime( $_CONF['daytime'] );

        $retval .= COM_startBlock( $MESSAGE[40] . ' - ' . $timestamp, '',

                           COM_getBlockTemplate( '_msg_block', 'header' ))

            . '<img src="' . $_CONF['layout_url']

            . '/images/sysmessage.gif" border="0" align="top" alt="">'

            . $MESSAGE[$msg] . '<br><br>'

            . COM_endBlock( COM_getBlockTemplate( '_msg_block', 'footer' ));

    }

    return $retval;

}

I don't want to simply alter the html in that, I want to create a pair of new template files and tell it to use them.
Like:

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<!-- sys_msg_header.thtml -->

<img srce="{layout_url}/images/sysmessage.gif"><br>

<!-- / sys_msg_header.thtml-->

<!-- sys_msg_footer.thtml -->

<br><br>

<!-- sys_msg_footer.thtml -->

The function would then put its $MESSAGE[$msg] with those template files wrapped around it.

The problem I have is that each time I try to define a new template file, it reverts to blockheader.thtml and blockfooter.thtml.

Help?

04/18/04 12:55am

grouch

Anonymous

Quote by Blaine: How are you trying to specify a different template?

Ok, don't laugh.

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        $retval .= COM_startBlock( $MESSAGE[40] . ' - ' . $timestamp, '', 

                           COM_getBlockTemplate( '_msg_block', 'header' ))

            . COM_getBlockTemplate( 'sys_msgheader', 'header')

            . $MESSAGE[$msg]

            . COM_getBlockTemplate( 'sys_msgfooter', 'footer')

            . COM_endBlock( COM_getBlockTemplate( '_msg_block', 'footer' ));

I saw something similar elsewhere in lib-common.php and just copied and adapted. Sometimes monkey-see, monkey-do works. It didn't this time.