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I'm currently working on altering the shop module a bit to my needs, but am having one question. How do I use the .tpl files as the templates instead of using the templates in the db records. Every time I have to change a thing in a template I have to go inside the admin and copy or edit directly from there... i want to be able to just edit in the .tpl file...

Any ideas??

Therre is module "Template Externalizer" http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/externalizer

Also you can try  using tags "{include}" or "{insert}" to use external templates. Later one is not being cached.
http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/languag ... nclude.php
http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/languag ... insert.php

Not quite... I want to replace this:
With an, mayby include...

Any ideas?

If you want to hack the code, I think you can use ProcessTemplate instead of ProcessTemplateFromDatabase

See: http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/apidoc/CMS ... ssTemplate

Note that it is not very wise to hack the original code regarding to future updates. You will also loose support.

Well,  in DB template paste only tag "{include ...}" that refers to optional file template

Jos wrote: If you want to hack the code, I think you can use ProcessTemplate instead of ProcessTemplateFromDatabase

Thanks... just what I needed...

I think Peciura last suggestion is much nicer and will get you the same result but without the worry about future upgrades  ;)