defining custom template vars

[thapame]

how to define custom template vars like {SUB_MENU}, {ADMIN_MENU} etc and use it on template.html file

[Sami]

You should set them under {gallery-root}\themes\your theme\theme.php
check orginal theme's theme.php that comes with installation package

[thapame]

well I could not find anything except functions on theme.php and also the function name and vars name doesnot match. So I get confused on how to define vars.

Will you explain me in details or give me an example.

[Joachim Müller]

If a function or var is not being defined in your custom theme, copy the function (or var definition) from themes/sample/theme.php into themes/yourtheme/theme.php. Then edit themes/yourtheme/theme.php as you see fit. The concept is: there are default functions and variables defined within coppermine that are being taken into account unless you specify something special in your custom theme. This way, your custom theme will stay lightweight and easy tu upgrade, as only the stuff that you need to behave differently to the default will actually get changed.

[Sami]

here is more info :
add these two line at very first of {gallery-root}\themes\your custom theme\theme.php

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define('THEME_HAS_NO_SYS_MENU_BUTTONS', 1);
define('THEME_HAS_NO_SUB_MENU_BUTTONS', 1);


- you should set sys_menu template by setting $template_sys_menu variable (check hardwire/theme.php for example)
- you should set sub_menu template by setting $template_sub_menu variable (check hardwire/theme.php for example)

[Joachim Müller]

Technical sidenote: the settings above are not variables, but constants.

[thapame]

here is more info :
add these two line at very first of {gallery-root}\themes\your custom theme\theme.php

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define('THEME_HAS_NO_SYS_MENU_BUTTONS', 1);
define('THEME_HAS_NO_SUB_MENU_BUTTONS', 1);


- you should set sys_menu template by setting $template_sys_menu variable (check hardwire/theme.php for example)
- you should set sub_menu template by setting $template_sub_menu variable (check hardwire/theme.php for example)

well as per your post I tried following

in theme.php
===============
define('THEME_HAS_NO_TOP_DATA_BUTTONS', 1);

// HTML template for top_data
$template_top_data = <<<EOT
---contents---
EOT;


and in template.html
====================
{TOP_DATA}



but it is not working. let me if i am wrong

[Joachim Müller]

You can not just make up variables and constants and hope that they will do something. You'll have to define them in the corresponding functions. Is your placeholder token in template.html suppossed to show before or after the {GALLERY}-token?

[thapame]

You can not just make up variables and constants and hope that they will do something. You'll have to define them in the corresponding functions. Is your placeholder token in template.html suppossed to show before or after the {GALLERY}-token?

it's before {GALLERY}.
will you let me know what I have to do to make and use for example: {TOP_DATA} var or constant

[Joachim Müller]

edit themes/yourtheme/theme.php, find

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function pageheader($section, $meta = '')and modify as suggested below. If you don't have that function in your custom theme, copy

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// Function for writing a pageheader
function pageheader($section, $meta = '')
{
    global $CONFIG, $THEME_DIR;
    global $template_header, $lang_charset, $lang_text_dir;

    $custom_header = cpg_get_custom_include($CONFIG['custom_header_path']);

        $charset = ($CONFIG['charset'] == 'language file') ? $lang_charset : $CONFIG['charset'];

    header('P3P: CP="CAO DSP COR CURa ADMa DEVa OUR IND PHY ONL UNI COM NAV INT DEM PRE"');
        header("Content-Type: text/html; charset=$charset");
    user_save_profile();

    $template_vars = array('{LANG_DIR}' => $lang_text_dir,
        '{TITLE}' => $CONFIG['gallery_name'] . ' - ' . strip_tags(bb_decode($section)),
        '{CHARSET}' => $charset,
        '{META}' => $meta,
        '{GAL_NAME}' => $CONFIG['gallery_name'],
        '{GAL_DESCRIPTION}' => $CONFIG['gallery_description'],
        '{SYS_MENU}' => theme_main_menu('sys_menu'),
        '{SUB_MENU}' => theme_main_menu('sub_menu'),
        '{ADMIN_MENU}' => theme_admin_mode_menu(),
        '{CUSTOM_HEADER}' => $custom_header,
        );

    echo template_eval($template_header, $template_vars);
}from themes/sample/theme.php into a new line before

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?>in themes/yourtheme/theme.php

Then edit the code you just pasted in: find

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        '{CUSTOM_HEADER}' => $custom_header,and add after it (into a new line)

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        '{TOP_DATA}' => $template_top_data,

[thapame]

I added:

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// HTML template for top_data
$template_top_data="some text here";

// Function for writing a pageheader
function pageheader($section, $meta = '')
{
    global $CONFIG, $THEME_DIR;
    global $template_header, $lang_charset, $lang_text_dir;

    $custom_header = cpg_get_custom_include($CONFIG['custom_header_path']);

        $charset = ($CONFIG['charset'] == 'language file') ? $lang_charset : $CONFIG['charset'];

    header('P3P: CP="CAO DSP COR CURa ADMa DEVa OUR IND PHY ONL UNI COM NAV INT DEM PRE"');
        header("Content-Type: text/html; charset=$charset");
    user_save_profile();

    $template_vars = array('{LANG_DIR}' => $lang_text_dir,
        '{TITLE}' => $CONFIG['gallery_name'] . ' - ' . strip_tags(bb_decode($section)),
        '{CHARSET}' => $charset,
        '{META}' => $meta,
        '{GAL_NAME}' => $CONFIG['gallery_name'],
        '{GAL_DESCRIPTION}' => $CONFIG['gallery_description'],
        '{SYS_MENU}' => theme_main_menu('sys_menu'),
        '{SUB_MENU}' => theme_main_menu('sub_menu'),
        '{ADMIN_MENU}' => theme_admin_mode_menu(),
        '{CUSTOM_HEADER}' => $custom_header,
'{TOP_DATA}' => $template_top_data,
        );

    echo template_eval($template_header, $template_vars);
}

in theme.php before

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?>

and

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{TOP_DATA}

before

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{GALLERY}

in template.html but the contents of $template_top_data is not showing.

am I wrong anywhere??

[Sami]

Zip your theme folder and attach it to this post by using additional option, I'll check it

[thapame]

here is the zipped file.