Custom Template Selection in Admin

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Oliver Frommel	Tuesday 18 September 2007 7:23:15 am Hello, while we have our site running with ezPublish already I still did not complete understand how the template assignment in either the files on the file system (override.ini etc) and the assignment in the admin interface go together. Is eZ just writing to that same ini files when I change something in the admin interface (I could not make that work most of the time. For instance no new templates got created)? I'd rather not write on the file system if it is possible to avoid it. The reason I am asking is because we want to implement an admin page for users, similar to the "Design" tab in the regular admin interface. They should be able to choose from several basic designs with according templates. As a basic prototype I'd like to implement an admin page where they can choose from say a one column layout (template a) and a two column layout (template b). How can I implement something like this? Thanks Oliver
Betsy Gamrat	Saturday 29 September 2007 6:40:42 pm Oliver, Turn on debugging (template debugging, templates used) to see the templates used to deliver the page content. Identify the template you would like to modify and then navigate to Design > Templates. Enter the name of the template into the Filter box and press enter. The system should find one or more templates. Choose the appropriate template and click on it. Create an override by selecting the admin siteaccess and then edit it. That will also update the ini files. Good luck, Betsy

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Tuesday 18 September 2007 7:23:15 am

Hello,

while we have our site running with ezPublish already I still did not complete understand how the template assignment in either the files on the file system (override.ini etc) and the assignment in the admin interface go together.

Is eZ just writing to that same ini files when I change something in the admin interface (I could not make that work most of the time. For instance no new templates got created)? I'd rather not write on the file system if it is possible to avoid it.

The reason I am asking is because we want to implement an admin page for users, similar to the "Design" tab in the regular admin interface. They should be able to choose from several basic designs with according templates. As a basic prototype I'd like to implement an admin page where they can choose from say a one column layout (template a) and a two column layout (template b). How can I implement something like this?

Thanks
Oliver

Betsy Gamrat

Saturday 29 September 2007 6:40:42 pm

Oliver,

Turn on debugging (template debugging, templates used) to see the templates used to deliver the page content.

Identify the template you would like to modify and then navigate to Design > Templates. Enter the name of the template into the Filter box and press enter. The system should find one or more templates. Choose the appropriate template and click on it.

Create an override by selecting the admin siteaccess and then edit it.

That will also update the ini files.

Good luck,

Betsy

eZ debug

Timing:	Jan 19 2025 02:41:22
Script start
Timing:	Jan 19 2025 02:41:22
Module start 'layout'
Timing:	Jan 19 2025 02:41:22
Module start 'content'
Timing:	Jan 19 2025 02:41:22
Module end 'content'
Timing:	Jan 19 2025 02:41:22
Script end

Main resources:

Total runtime	0.0163 sec
Peak memory usage	2,048.0000 KB
Database Queries	3

Timing points:

Checkpoint	Start (sec)	Duration (sec)	Memory at start (KB)	Memory used (KB)
Script start	0.0000	0.0061	589.1641	152.6250
Module start 'layout'	0.0061	0.0038	741.7891	39.4609
Module start 'content'	0.0098	0.0047	781.2500	89.3359
Module end 'content'	0.0145	0.0017	870.5859	30.3047
Script end	0.0162		900.8906

Time accumulators:

Accumulator	Duration (sec)	Duration (%)	Count	Average (sec)
Ini load
Load cache	0.0026	15.9265	14	0.0002
Check MTime	0.0012	7.1309	14	0.0001
Mysql Total
Database connection	0.0009	5.7948	1	0.0009
Mysqli_queries	0.0035	21.3047	3	0.0012
Looping result	0.0000	0.1423	1	0.0000
Template Total	0.0014	8.7	1	0.0014
Template load	0.0007	4.5584	1	0.0007
Template processing	0.0007	4.0905	1	0.0007
Override
Cache load	0.0005	3.2795	1	0.0005
General
dbfile	0.0002	1.4168	8	0.0000
String conversion	0.0000	0.0631	4	0.0000
Note: percentages do not add up to 100% because some accumulators overlap

Templates used to render the page:

Usage	Requested template	Template	Template loaded	Edit	Override
1	print_pagelayout.tpl	<No override>	extension/community/design/community/templates/print_pagelayout.tpl
Number of times templates used: 1 Number of unique templates used: 1

Time used to render debug report: 0.0001 secs