Index: themes/engines/phptemplate/phptemplate.engine
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--- themes/engines/phptemplate/phptemplate.engine	(revision 510)
+++ themes/engines/phptemplate/phptemplate.engine	(working copy)
@@ -34,6 +34,28 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * Implmentation of settings function to allow themes to add their own settings.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  Form elements.
+ */
+function phptemplate_settings() {
+  $segments = explode('/', $_GET['q']);
+  $key = array_pop($segments);
+  
+  $file = drupal_get_path('theme', $key) . '/template.php';
+  if (file_exists($file)) {
+   include_once "$file";
+  }
+
+  $function = $key . '_settings';
+  if (function_exists($function)) {
+    return $function();
+  }
+  return;
+}
+
+/**
  * Execute a template engine call.
  *
  * Each call to the template engine has two parts. Namely preparing