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Template used in more than one extension
April 22, 2013, 11:18:11 am
What happens if a core template is customised, in more than one extension? Could we then have conflicting customizations? For example there is an addition to summary.tpl, and in another extension I want to introduce a new customization but also retain the one from the earlier one?
Or do we then fall back on the template customization folder rathervthan the templates folder in the extension?
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Re: Template used in more than one extension
April 22, 2013, 01:23:54 pm
It's going to cause problems, the way to inject stuff from the extension is not to override template files (or .extra.tpl)

They are ways to add content from extensions that are going to play better with other extensions. I like this one:

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC42/Region+Reference

but for summary I'd rather use the hook_civicrm_summary directly eg.
https://github.com/TechToThePeople/rel4summary



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Re: Template used in more than one extension
April 22, 2013, 01:26:23 pm
Agree with X on that. As an application we've got to get away from such rigid templates.
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Re: Template used in more than one extension
April 23, 2013, 04:26:42 am
Totally agree on using the summary hooks, I was just using it as an example. Don't you think there could be / will be situations where a template is used in more than one extension? Is our advise to keep on using the customized templates in those situations, or to create one big extension containing all?
From a sharing point of view it would be best to create smaller extensions, but that increases the risk of conflicts?
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Re: Template used in more than one extension
April 23, 2013, 07:35:40 am
Not sure what to advise, except "hang in there until we get a more flexible templating system into core" It's definitely needed.
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