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Hello everybody,

I'm trying to undestand and write a plugin_centerblock_hello function for a plugin call hello.



This function work and block replace the entire index page. Now what must I do if I want the block on top of the page, after the featured story or at the bottom (like the forum centerblock)?

In plugin_centerblock_forum there is no call to COM_sideHeader and COM_siteFooter... Can someone teach me this magic?

Thanks.

::Ben

Your right, there is now call to siteheader or sitefooter as this function is just supposed to return formatted html for the centerblock. It's up to the calling script to place this resulting html on the page correctly.

The site's main index.php calls the PLG_showCenterblock() function 4 times - where each time, it passes in a different option to either: 0 - replace the complete page, 1 - top of page and above featured story, 2 - top of page and below centerblock, 3 - bottom of page.

A plugin may implement all or just 1 of these options or behave the same in all cases.

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Why not have a look at functions.inc.php from the static pages plugin? The function starts at row 789. Comment out row 796 if you want your block to show on more pages than only the first.

I'n no developer, so my knowledge doesn't go any further than this.

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Ok I got it. Learning and share.

:shakehands: Thanks a lot.

::Ben

You just need to surround what you have with this if you want it to be on top. Change the 1 to 2 to follow the featured article and change1 to 3 to go on the bottom.

if ($where == 1) {

}

Right now you are returning your data when $where is 0 and that replace the index page with your content.

Yes Joe it is what I've done

...and my Hello plugin (available in few days) will say hello to my visitors
on the top of the page or maybe after the feature story or...

A very nice plugin :twocents:

::Ben