Templates with ezFlow

Monday 21 April 2008 5:17:44 am

Hi there!

I'm new to eZ (former t3 user) and I'm a little bit confused cause of eZFlow.
I think i mostly understood the template system of eZ, but my question is:

Normally (without eZFlow) the design from the directory /design/<designname> are used. Wich one is used is declared in the Sitesettings ini Files.

But with eZFlow I now have a second directory with layouts in the extension directory (/extensions/ezflow/design/<designname>). I just edited some pagelayout templates an found out, that the template in the extension/ezflow directory is used.

And now I'm totally confused. What about the "original" /design folder? Is it no more used if ezFlow is installed? Or uses the templates enginge parts of both folders (overriding)?

Maybe someone can give me some hints...

Thanks a lot,
ciao,
Mike

Tuesday 22 April 2008 1:50:38 am

Hi!

Thanks for the information :) I think i understood the basic logic of template usage (overriding etc.).

But how does eZ know, wich template should be used? Especially if there are two design sets with the same name (for example "demodesign") in different directories:

<b>/design/demodesign
/extensions/ezflow/design/demodesign</b>

And in my ini there is the following sample config:

<b>[DesignSettings]
SiteDesign=demodesign
AdditionalSiteDesignList[]
AdditionalSiteDesignList[]=base
StandardDesign=standard</b>

How dow eZ handle this problem? Is the extension alway the "highest" instance? So would the extension template be used? Or has the /design template a higher priority?

Sorry for my (maybe silly) questions, but i try to understand the logic behind template handling with eZFlow...

Ciao,
Mike

Tuesday 22 April 2008 4:44:14 am

Hi,

Ok, but thats the normal logic, it doesn't answer the question itself.

You have the following structure:

/design/mydesign
/extensions/ezflow/design/mydesign

and in your ini you define:

SiteDesign = mydesign

(without any additional designs).
Wich Design has the higher priority in this case (same name).

Mike

Wednesday 23 April 2008 12:14:48 am

> Wich Design has the higher priority in this case (same name).
I'm not sure, but I would guess design in extensions override design/ designs.
But please test and share your result if possible (also on what version you are running, since 4.0 changed a few things when it comes to the override system).

Internally we doesn't use design/ designs much any more, since we try to keep custom code as separate from the core as possible, and for this extensions do pretty well.

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Thursday 05 June 2008 8:55:36 am

Hi,

I am trying to do some simple modifications to the eZ Flow design, without editing any of the ezflow extension files. My first point is to change the main content background image.

I have created a new extension in order to be able to take over ezflow, with the following content :

/extension/ezintra/settings/design.ini.append.php

<?php /*
[ExtensionSettings]
DesignExtensions[]=ezintra
*/ ?>

extension/ezintra/design/ezintra/images/page-bg.jpg (modified)

I changed /settings/override/site.ini.append.php in the extensions block :

[ExtensionSettings]
ActiveExtensions[]=ezintra
ActiveExtensions[]=ezflow
ActiveExtensions[]=ezwebin
ActiveExtensions[]=ezdhtml
ActiveExtensions[]=ezodf

And set my siteaccess site.ini.append.php design block :

[DesignSettings]
SiteDesign=ezintra
AdditionalSiteDesignList[]
AdditionalSiteDesignList[]=ezflow
AdditionalSiteDesignList[]=ezwebin
AdditionalSiteDesignList[]=base
AdditionalSiteDesignList[]=standard

I tried to put my extension and design declarations before or after ezflow but never managed to get my modified image on my site...

What am I missing ?

Thanks for your help !!!!

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Saturday 13 November 2010 10:00:12 pm

Hello Frederik,

It is too bad to see some questions remained unanswered. This can happen in a community of volunteers.

There are some articles in the "Learn" section that address designs, and also a few forum threads about ini setting overrides, so it should not be too difficult to find your way around on this topic.

@Kevin, if you still need help, do let us know

@Frederik, if you want some specific links to content/doc, also let us know.

Kind regards, Robin

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