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[trams]

ok... As it stands out of the box, when I change menu.tpl it changes all the menus in the system. Which makes perfect sense.

But I would like to have a few different menu styles to choose from. So far I have created menu2.tpl and menu3.tpl each with it's own styles I defined in the css document. Basically exact copies of menu.tpl just with the colors different.

Now I see where (lets use authbox.tpl as an example) it calls the variable referencing menu.tpl.

{* $Id: authbox.tpl,v 1.23 2004/06/24 09:53:29 max Exp $ *}
{capture name=menu}

I am guessing I need to create new variables, like: menu2, menu3 so when I have

{* $Id: authbox.tpl,v 1.23 2004/06/24 09:53:29 max Exp $ *}
{capture name=menu2}

It uses menu2.tpl instead of plain old menu.tpl

Problem is, I can not find where the variable "menu" is being defined so that I can add menu2 and menu3 underneath it. I hope all this makes some sort of sense I am not a programmer by any means. I am a designer that knows a little about code. If anyone has any insight it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[balinor]

Actually, no, you would change the bottom part of the capture, which is this piece of code (I'm using the one from categories.tpl as an example):

{ include file="menu.tpl" dingbats="dingbats_categorie.gif" menu_title=$lng.lbl_categories menu_content=$smarty.capture.menu }

The top part stays the same no matter what, you just change the include part of the code I posted above.

[pauldodman]

Hi,

I think what happens with the "capture name=menu" bit is that it is just creating a variable to call all the text that is between this bit and the end capture tag - {/capture}

The clue to what I think you are trying to do is on the last line of authbox.tpl

{ include file="menu.tpl" dingbats="dingbats_authentification.gif" menu_title=$lng.lbl_authentication menu_content=$smarty.capture.menu }

Just finishing off what I was explaining, you see the menu variable right at the end - this is then putting everything that was captured into the file menu.tpl

So what I think you need to do is create menu2.tpl and call that in the final include section.

You can do the same with dialog.tpl where that is called.

Hope that helps

[trams]

Thanks!!! I feel stupid. I can't believe it was at the bottom. haha. Thanks guys!!