Making a new template!

[Half Pint]

i've made a new template and want to include it into the FORUMHOME template without having to copy the code into the right place everytime, how can i do this. If you know what i mean

come on peeps realy need to know this lol!
hehe sorry had to say it lol
Soz
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[Gadabout]

your custom template will not be cached with this method

Make a new vbulletin plugin under forumhome_start call it whatever you like

in Plugin PHP Code, box enter

eval('$yourtemplatevariable.= "' . fetch_template('yourtemplatename') . '";');

Replace yourtemplatevariable with whatever name you'd like to call the template with
Replace yourtemplatename with the name of your custom template.

save and activate the plugin

Edit your forumhome template and simply enter the name that you gave to the $yourtemplatevariable where you'd like your template inserted.

[Half Pint]

EDIT: Don't worry sorted it! thanks
Dude your a ledgend! thanks

Half Pint

[Hell³]

Actually, by looking at how the big guys (meaning, real coders, unlike me )cache their templates nowadays, you better create your plugin at the cache_templates hook and add this code or something equivalent:

$globaltemplates = array_merge($globaltemplates, array('your_templatename')); 

This is the only method that has worked for me and my custom templates for ad codes/banners.

Edit, your code looks more like the code to parsing it, which also could be better located at the parse_templates hook.

[Gadabout]

Actually, by looking at how the big guys (meaning, real coders, unlike me )cache their templates nowadays, you better create your plugin at the cache_templates hook and add this code or something equivalent:

$globaltemplates = array_merge($globaltemplates, array('your_templatename')); 

This is the only method that has worked for me and my custom templates for ad codes/banners.

Edit, your code looks more like the code to parsing it, which also could be better located at the parse_templates hook.

Well hot damn... that's needed to know information! Thanks

[Hell³]

No biggie, I found about this after using a hack that gave me some quick ministats at the bottom of my forum and kept telling me about uncached templates after trying to add my adsense via templates.

[kotq8]

Good i