Re: [Slashcode-general] Help with plugins & Slash::Display

[shane <sh...@lo...>]

At 06:01 PM 9/26/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to write a small plugin that will allow me to display some 
>certain user configurable data on a new page.
>
>I'm doing some code troubleshooting, and I can't tell where the hook is 
>made between my plugin filename, and the template that it will use. I 
>initially installed the plugin, and now am trying to add a template for 
>additional functionality. The plugin is called getprefs.pl. Inside the 
>plugins/Getprefs/templates/  directory I have the data;getprefs;default 
>template, main;getprefs;default template, and the new template called 
>create;getprefs;default.

So your plugins are like this:

name              page           section
-----------------------------------------------
data              getprefs       default
main              getprefs       default
create            getprefs       default


>I have run the templates through tpage, and then entered the results into 
>the Template editor from the Slash Admin page.
>
>I try to make this call in my getprefs.pl file:
>
>slashDisplay('create', {
>                 nickname        => $nickname,
>                 test            => $test,
>         });

Well, when you do that, aren't you calling the template

name              page           section
-----------------------------------------------
create            misc          default

and *that* template doesn't exist.


>The output in my html source is :
>
><!-- start template: ID , create;; -->
>
>
>
><!-- end template: ID , create;; -->
>

notice that the output shows it's not finding the template.

For one of my plugins, when it calls a template, it shows the output as

<!-- start template: ID 126, bjplyrbankrupt;misc;default -->

the template is named: bjplyrbankrupt;misc;default


 From my experiences, the *easiest* way to deal with templates is the
template-tool.

to load the template into the system:

template-tool -u bj -s bjplyrbankrupt;misc;default

to dump the template to a file to edit it:

template-tool -u bj -d -i 126

I recommend you use that to work with your templates.

  Shane