Drupal 6.x

description

This snippet stops phptemplate dropping your custom page-forum.tpl.php layout file when you're viewing a thread.

usage

The way PHPTEMPLATE dynamically loads custom page-layout.tpl.php files in Drupal 5.x is by path, but, when you click through to view a thread the /forum/ part of the path is lost. In other words, you're viewing a node with comments e.g. node/123.

This snippet works around that by adding in an extra check in your template.php file.

Step 1 of 1

1. Using a text editor like notepad.exe or equivalent, copy the following snippet into your template.php file, remembering to omit the opening and closing PHP tags (i.e. <?php and ?>) if you're adding it to an existing template PHP file.
2. Upload your new or edited template.php file to your active theme folder and your new layouts will take effect automatically


<?php
/**
* This snippet loads a custom page-forum.tpl.php layout file when
* users click through to the login, request password or register pages
*/

function _phptemplate_variables($hook, $variables = array()) {
switch ($hook) {
case 'page':
// node type isn't available in template.php so we have to go get it.
if (arg(0) == 'node' && is_numeric(arg(1))) {

This screencast builds off of "Screencast 2 - Flex Recipe Application". It is a detailed walk through of how to use amfphp to connect Flex and Drupal and specifically addresses the issue of using the node.delete service in Flex.

http://www.flex.org/screencast/nodeDelete.htm

This section of pages has handy snippets for customizing your forums.

Also have a look at Advanced Forum to get a more typical forum look "out of the box."