By deane on

I want a specific "node.tpl.php" file to be used for a specific node. This particular node has to do all sorts of stuff, for which I need to write some significant PHP.

I've been doing some research, and I found that I can name a file "page-node-9.tpl.php," however, this overrides "page.tpl.php" which is not what I want. This overrides the entire page structure, where I just want to override the interior content section that's normally populated by "node.tpl.php".

I tried naming a file "node-node-9.tpl.php" but that didn't work.

(My understanding is that "node.tpl.php" effectively embeds itself into "page.tpl.php," correct? This being the case, "node.tpl.php" is the file I want to override for one single node.)

I could just do something like this in the "node.tpl.php" file --

if($node->nid ==0) { ... }

-- but that seems hack-ish.

Any ideas?

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chelahmy’s picture

chelahmy commented

If the content type is 'abc' then the node template should be 'node-abc.tpl.php'.

deane’s picture

deane commented

...not a content type. This node is a page, but I don't want override all pages, just node #9.

chelahmy’s picture

chelahmy commented

You mean a node of content type 'page'? Then you may copy 'node.tpl.php' to 'node-page.tpl.php' and hack the later.

Or you can use contemplate module.

In this case some hack is required. If you don't want to hard code '9' then use drupal function variable_get(). You have to call variable_set() first somewhere else.

if ($node->nid == variable_get('my_special_node', 0))
{
  // the special node theme
}
else
{
  // default theme
}
jwolf’s picture

jwolf commented

Why not use an if statement as you had mentioned?

Maybe you can do an if statement which will call an include (.inc) file containing the changes that you want to make for the single node; this way you won't have to put all the code for that one node into node.tpl.php, just include it when needed.

It's just a thought.

ridefree’s picture

ridefree commented

other than the hack ...

I've got a situation where I have a specific content type, but one of those nodes I need to appear differently.

i've tried (where type is my content type such as news, and nid is the # of the node such as 6751)

node-type-nid.tpl.php
and
node-nid.tpl.php

no dice.

nevets’s picture

nevets commented

You could add this to your themes template.php file

function your_theme_preprocess_node(&$variables) {
  $node  = $variables['node'];
  if ( ! empty($node) ) {
    $variables['template_files'][] = "node-" . $node->nid;
  }
}

changing "your_theme" to your themes actual name. This will allow template files of the form node-{nid}.tpl.php.
Note your theme may already implement hook_preprocess_node in which case the code should be added to the existing function.

[Fixed call to empty()]

henns20’s picture

henns20 commented

@nevets
tried that snippet in Druapl 6 in my themes template.php as I thought preprocess is new to Drupal 6. Didn't work :(

still thinking...

jamie

theabacus’s picture

theabacus commented

At a glance, that preprocess function does appear to work. I assume you did change "your_theme" to the name of your theme and emptied your drupal cache?

henns20’s picture

henns20 commented

thanks for the reply - 2things -

1. I was searching and found thins node in the theme guide drupal 6

http://drupal.org/node/190815

there is a snippet in the 2nd comment that i tried. Didn't work either.

2. emptied cache and it worked. Thanks for the heads up on drupal cache. I always thought just refreshing the browser did the trick.

u da man

Jamie

davidshaw’s picture

davidshaw commented

As mentioned by nevets add this to hook_preprocess_node if it already exists or create a new function

function your_theme_preprocess_node(&$variables) {
  $node  = $variables['node'];
  if (!empty($node)) {
    $variables['template_files'][] = "node-" . $node->nid;
  }
}

In nevets code the if clause "! $empty" calls empty() as if its a variable not a function.
I have tested the above and it works my node shows the template node-81.tpl.php for instance .

Dave Shaw

vincenzo_dnp’s picture

vincenzo_dnp commented

Hi, i use Multiflex3 theme and i just copied page.tpl.php to page-node-{your_nid_here}.tpl.php and i was able to have a custom template for a specific node.

My2Cents.

dapseen’s picture

dapseen commented

Drupal has provided a list of node suggestion type

Note: Don't forget "--" double hyphen and its not "-" single

Good luck