Changing page.tpl based on node type

Submitted by Floydm on Thu, 2008-08-14 12:56

drupal

Today I needed to add a new candidate page.tpl file based on node-type. I found this code snippet and modified it slightly.

function phptemplate_preprocess(&$vars, $hook) {
	switch ($hook){
		case 'page':
		  // Add a content-type page template in second to last.	
			if ('node' == arg(0)) {
				$node_template = array_pop($vars['template_files']);
				$vars['template_files'][]  = 'page-' . $vars['node']->type;
				$vars['template_files'][]  = $node_template;
			}
			break;
	}
	return $vars;
}

My tweak puts the new template in the middle of the candidate templates array so that I can still have specific page.tpl files for specific nodes. The devel module tells me my candidate files are now:

page-node-4.tpl.php < page-story.tpl.php < page-node.tpl.php < page.tpl.php

This works on Drupal 6.

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This is a very cool tip,

Submitted by Drupalfan (not verified) on Thu, 2008-10-09 08:48.

This is a very cool tip, brother

Drupal 6

Submitted by Mathias (not verified) on Thu, 2009-01-08 18:19.

I don't see any function named like this in template.php
I found a phptemplate_preprocess_page, though.

Should i replace the one I found or add the one you provide beside it ?

Thanks.

Nope. Just create this

Submitted by Floydm on Wed, 2009-01-14 14:23.

Nope. Just create this function and Drupal will find it.

Thank you

Submitted by pd (not verified) on Wed, 2009-01-21 12:24.

This helped me greatly today. Much appreciated.

Its important to remind

Submitted by David Tinnes (not verified) on Fri, 2009-02-06 09:55.

Its important to remind people that they need to clear the drupal cache before they will see any changes.
admin/settings/performance

Thanks and an echo

Submitted by rupl (not verified) on Sat, 2009-02-07 13:00.

Thanks, this worked wonderfully in Drupal 6 after I cleared my cached files under admin/settings/performance

Helpful

Submitted by Kathy (not verified) on Wed, 2009-03-25 13:22.

Thanks for posting this... it was very helpful! Especially the reminder to clear your cache.

Amazing formula to render the layout drupal content-type wise

Submitted by Web-Farmer (not verified) on Sat, 2009-04-04 03:39.

Hye Floydm,

This is the great formula that I appreciated to look for the drupal.

I've updated the drupal 6.4 to 6.10 which is the latest release of the drupal nowadays.In 6.10, the development team has fixed some issues which had been presented in the prior release of the drupal.

I read through the internet to render the layout node's content type wise. It says that, "node-[content-type].tpl.php" will render the layout, node's content-type wise. But it won't work. I also tried to use page.[content-type].tpl.php without implementing your function in template.php file.

Many thanks,

Web-Farmer
http://www.letsnurture.com

Thank you

Submitted by marvs (not verified) on Mon, 2009-05-04 18:59.

awesome!

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Submitted by BC (not verified) on Thu, 2009-06-04 08:23.

Awesome... saved the day!

Thanks,
BC