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pdowling

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Dumb question about 'CIVICRM_TEMPLATE_COMPILEDIR'
March 09, 2010, 06:52:21 pm
So what is this setting in civicrm.settings.php supposed to point to?

Should it be something in the modules folder such as "...mydrupalfolder/sites/all/modules/civicrm/...something"?

Or should it be some place like the drupal "files" folder such as "...mydrupalfolder/sites/mysite.com/files/civicrm/templates_c"

What is the default if this isn't explicitly changed?

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Re: Dumb question about 'CIVICRM_TEMPLATE_COMPILEDIR'
March 09, 2010, 07:42:00 pm

if civicrm is installed in sites/all/modules: ...mydrupalfolder/sites/default/files/civicrm/templates_c

in multisite mode: mydrupalfolder/sites/SITENAME/files/civicrm/templates_c
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Re: Dumb question about 'CIVICRM_TEMPLATE_COMPILEDIR'
March 10, 2010, 02:35:19 am
OK, so basically wherever the drupal files folder is for that site.  One more question.  I don't like the default place drupal puts the files folder as it creates really ugly file paths for user contributed files so I configure all my sites to use a different drupal files path.  I assuming there is no problem as long as I point CIVICRM_TEMPLATE_COMPILEDIR to that same location?

So in my case I would have it as...

mydrupalfolder/files/mysite/files/civicrm/templates_c

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Re: Dumb question about 'CIVICRM_TEMPLATE_COMPILEDIR'
March 10, 2010, 03:31:34 am
Quote from: pdowling on March 10, 2010, 02:35:19 am
I don't like the default place drupal puts the files folder as it creates really ugly file paths for user contributed files so I configure all my sites to use a different drupal files path.  I assuming there is no problem as long as I point CIVICRM_TEMPLATE_COMPILEDIR to that same location?

Yes – (at least in theory…) this is just a place that Smarty will use to cache its compiled templates, so actually any dir (e.g., also one not necessarily visible from the outside world) should work ok.
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