HOWTO: Create different header/footer(/ any content) per address
Note: I am not certain whether this is the right place to post it, but I guess if not someone will correct my mistake...
And I hope this will interest somebody
Goal:
The site should look different according to the used address. User that uses "xxx.example.com" should see different things then a user that uses "yyy.example.com".
The site administrator should be able to make the change via the web interface - no need for coding or shell/ftp access
Tools:
CCK + Node Reference field
NodeAsBlock
PHPTemplate engine
SWF Tools /Flash Node
Snippests:
1. Verify that the listed modules/tools are installed properly.
2. Create the following content type (if someone knows how to export/import content types, I can provide the needed content type):
- Name: "Node By Host"
- Type: "node_by_host"
- Body field label: remove
- Check "Enable blocks from this node type"
- Fields:
- default_node - "Default Node" - Node Reference
- host1 - "Node 1" - Text
- node1 - "Node 1" - Node Reference
- host2 - "Node 2" - Text
- node2 - "Node 2" - Node Reference
3. Create a node-node_by_host.tpl.php in your theme directory, which includes the following code:
<DIV class="block_with_borders">
<?php
// Get the host used by the user browser
$host = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
// using the default node
$selected_nid = $node->field_default_node[0]['nid'];
// Go over the defined hosts and select the first one that fits to our site
$index = 1;
$fieldname = 'field_host' . $index;
while (isset($node->$fieldname)) {
$tmp = $node->$fieldname;
$site = $tmp[0]['value'];
if ($site) {
$pattern = preg_quote("$site", '/');
$pattern = '/^' . $pattern . '/';
if (preg_match($pattern, $host)) {
$fieldname = 'field_node' . $index;
$tmp = $node->$fieldname;
$selected_nid = $tmp[0]['nid'];
break;
}
}
$index++;
$fieldname = 'field_host' . $index;
}
?>
<div <?php {
echo 'id="block-nodeasblock-' . $selected_nid.'"';
echo ' class="block block-nodeasblock"';
} ?>>
<div class="content">
<!-- Show the node which was selected according to the used address -->
<?php echo node_show(node_load($selected_nid), NULL); ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>Inspiration: taken from Referer Theme module, which uses the host to change to a $custom_theme.
Steps:
1. Create the different content you want to display for every host, and a default content. In case you want to show a clean flash banner, for example, create a flash node content per site, and then create additional page content per flash, which will only contain flash node filter "[flashnode|nid=xxx]".
2. Create a node-by-host content, fill the default node, and for every wanted host, a relevant node. Check "create block" for this content, and point it to the wanted region.
Now, when a new site is added, you just need to add the content and update the node-by-host content.