Creating custom template

[witzawitz]

Hi everyone!
I am trying to create (not modify) my own template in OCS. I know that OCS uses Smarty as template manager and I've tried several ways:

1. Creating custom template in /templates/ folder using the same structure as in other tpls' folders. This didn't work because I think that it's not enough and requires of course some class structure and php coding.

2. Creating php script and including neccessary libraries so that script calls template. But there is a problem with including file PhpQuickProfiler.php. I didn't find it in the whole OCS root directory. So the main script somehow uses it but I can't. This way didn't work either. Here is my code


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    ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path') . ':' . '/var/www/<site dir>/lib/pkp/classes/:/var/www/<site dir>/classes/' );

    define ('DIR', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
    define('INDEX_FILE_LOCATION', __FILE__);
    require('../../lib/pkp/includes/bootstrap.inc.php');
   
    $t =& TemplateManager()::getManager();
    $t->display('index.tpl');


And I get error


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PHP Warning:  require_once(PhpQuickProfiler.php) [<a href='function.require-once'>function.require-once</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/<site dir>/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPProfiler.inc.php on line 17

PHP Fatal error:  require_once() [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: Failed opening required 'PhpQuickProfiler.php' (include_path='...') in /var/www/<site dir>/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPProfiler.inc.php on line 17


3. Of course I can create static html pages but in this case I can't use the sidebar with user status.

Could anyone please help me?

[jmacgreg]

Hi witzawitz,

Could you try to describe what you're trying to accomplish? There may be an easier way to do it than to create a new template (and as you've guessed, create a subset of php files behind it). For example, if you only need to create a few custom pages, you could always use the Static Page plugin (in OCS 2.3; under Conference Management -> System Plugins -> Generic; or otherwise available from the Plugin Gallery on this forum). You may also find the OJS Technical Reference handy in explaining how our software is designed.

Cheers,
James

[witzawitz]

Oh, thanks a lot.
I've tried to install it manually (but some error has occured) but it's already there I needed only to enable it.
It's what I need. Thanks again.