I don't want a custom template!!

Tuesday 16 September 2003 11:02:12 am

Sorry to post this again, but the only way to get rid of this error message is to put the template that ezP wants to create in the template folder for that design. That implies that the program is demanding a custom template for every site design, but I *WANT* the template that I've set as standard for the overall site.

"Default object view. Click to create a custom template"
followed by the content folder's name, description and buttons saying "preview", "remove", "add to bookmarks", and "notify me about updates"

I've tried to figure if something is not right in the site.ini.append but have gotten nowhere.

Wednesday 17 September 2003 6:54:28 am

Are you saying that there's a flaw in the fallback system? The whole point of the overrides, I thought, was to only change what was specific to one of many site designs.

If this is the best "solution", why not throw out the fallback system altogether?

I don't get it.
RWW

Wednesday 17 September 2003 7:44:26 am

Here's what the doc says:

The configuration files are read in this order:

/settings/site.ini
/settings/siteaccess/[directory]/site.ini.append
/settings/override/site.ini.append.php
This means that settings in [3] override [2] which override [1]. If you want to change configuration settings for different siteaccess setups then create new directories under /settings/siteaccess and change them there *(also remember to put those new siteaccess rules in /settings/override/site.ini.append.php).*

I'm not sure to what the *()* part is referring, however, here's what I have:

/settings/site.ini (not changed from default, but I removed comments)
[DesignSettings]
StandardDesign=standard
SiteDesign=admin
AdditionalSiteDesignList[]=

/settings/siteaccess/ggila/site.ini.append (my "standard" design)
[DesignSettings]
StandardDesign=ggila
SiteDesign=ggila

/settings/siteaccess/argentina/site.ini.append (a typical "sub-design)
[DesignSettings]
StandardDesign=ggila
SiteDesign=argentina

/settings/override/site.ini.append
[DesignSettings]
StandardDesign=ggila

As near as I can tell, unless I'm missing something that has to be changed other than the [DesignSettings] section of the files, that should produce the desired result, ie. fallback to use of templates within the ggila design folder if there's not one in the argentina folder. Since the ggila folder is a straight copy of the original standard folder, everything is there and there are no missing templates. As a matter of fact, if I click on the "create a custom template" link, the template that's used as the default is the one from the ggila design.

Thanks for your help, but I must be missing something really obvious.
RWW