[SOLVED] How to extend templates?

[nervino]

Hi, I would nest a template in the Smarty's {block} tag.

I have a default template, called "Automotive default", with an empty footer block.

inside template "Automotive default" I put:

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{block name='footer'}{/block}

I also have made a template called "footer inner page" with some HTML inside.

Hence, I made a page template called "Inner page" that should extend "Automotive default", inserting the template "footer inner page" inside the "footer" block .

template: "Inner page"

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{extends file='template:Automotive default'}
{block name=footer}

How do I insert the template "footer inner page" here?

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{/block}

Is this a right way to use the new template's management of cmsms 2.x?


Thank you

[Jo Morg]

You are confusing different terms: extending VS including.
To extend a template you need to understand inheritance. Including a template is the closest there is to the old use of Global Content Blocks. And for that you don't need blocks, you just include another existing template by using {include file='cms_template:footer inner page'}. If you really want to use template inheritance you should start by reading the Smarty docs on the Smarty site. Inheritance is closely related with objects inheritance in programming, in that a template that extends another, inherits all the parents properties, and adds or overrides some of it's parents properties, keeping a designer from re-writing the same basic template over and over again...

http://www.smarty.net/docs/en/advanced. ... itance.tpl

http://docs.cmsmadesimple.org/introducing-cmsms-2-0

BTW template inheritance and inclusion have always been there, are Smarty features. We just optimized the way CMSMS uses these features.

[nervino]

Jo, thank you very much for your explanation.

My goal was to have a default template with an empty footer, then have other templates that extend the default one overriding the {block name='footer'}{/block} with the appropriate footer (this is a semplification as the templates are more complex).

Now it works.

By the way, is there any difference between
{include file='cms_template:footer inner page'}
and
{include file='template:footer inner page'}

[Jo Morg]

By the way, is there any difference between
{include file='cms_template:footer inner page'}
and
{include file='template:footer inner page'}

Yes: both are CMSMS template resources registered in Smarty, although the template has been deprecated and will eventually be removed.