node--book.tpl.php not being processed.

Posted by frodeaux on January 31, 2010 at 3:53am

With Drupal 7 and the book module. I'm trying to apply a custom
node template file, "node--book.tpl.php" to override the standard
"node.tpl.php" file in the Garland template. I've added "node--book.tpl.php"
to the same directory as "node.tpl.php", and I've modified the
"template_preprocess_node" function in "node.module" to include
the line, "$variables['theme_hook_suggestions'][] = 'node__'. $node->type;"
as pages on the drupal site (http://drupal.org/update/modules/6/7#theme_hook_suggestions_2)
instructs.

But this does not work: the display of a book page still uses
"node.tpl.php" -- not "node--book.tpl.php".

What am I missing?

Comments

Try

Posted by ludo1960 on January 31, 2010 at 4:08am

node-book.tpl.php and not node--book.tpl.php

I did..

Posted by frodeaux on February 1, 2010 at 11:25pm

The older docs seem to suggest that
node-book.tpl.php
should do the trick (overriding node.tpl.php for book content)
while the newer writing (that I link to above) suggests it
should be
node--book.tpl.php
Unfortunately, neither works. Is it possible this is a problem
with the latest Drupal 7? Or am I missing something essential?

Steve from InkByte

Node templates look like this

Posted by Ron.Brash on February 2, 2010 at 1:51am

Hi,

When I customize node types for a node it would look like this:

node-pro_whitepapers.tpl.php

I imagine a book would look like:?

node-book.tpl.php

I did an api check for the book, there are different .tpls but I don't think they fit your setup. http://api.drupal.org/api/search/6/book

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