[wp-hackers] Template Redirection

[Chris Davis]

Have we thought of making this DB dirven, so that the user can change
it via a nice admin are UI?  I think this is an incredibly useful
addition if the end-user can use it, regardless of who they are.

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:22:43 -0500, Ryan Boren <ryan at boren.nu> wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 12:17 -0500, Seth Thomas Rasmussen wrote:
> > Great idea! I hope it makes it in the next release. I've wanted such a
> > functionality since day one.
> 
> It's already in CVS.  Unless someone points out nasty flaws that cannot
> be addressed, I imagine it will stay.    Those of you with testbeds
> running CVS, please try this new feature and do your best to break it.
> 
> Ryan
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hackers-bounces at wordpress.org
> > [mailto:hackers-bounces at wordpress.org]On Behalf Of Ryan Boren
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 12:08 PM
> > To: WordPress Hackers
> > Subject: [wp-hackers] Template Redirection
> >
> >
> > In CVS is some experimental code which can load different templates for
> > different query types, all from index.php.  For example, if the query is
> > for a category, we check to see if wp-content/category.php exists.  If
> > so, we use it instead of index.php.  The same is true of authors, single
> > posts, dates, archives, and so forth.  If you do not provide alternative
> > templates in wp-content, index.php behaves the same way it ever has.
> >
> > All of this redirection is done without having to change the rewrite
> > rules.  Everything still goes through index.php.  This should make it
> > much easier for those wanting to style their post pages or their search
> > pages or what-have-you via separate templates.  You still have the
> > option of styling everything through index.php, which is made easier by
> > the is_single(), is_category(), is_author(), is_archive(), etc.
> > functions.
> >
> > Take a look at wp-blog-header.php in CVS and let me know what you think.
> > Try it out, kick the tires, provide feedback.  Excerpted below are the
> > relevant bits from wp-blog-header.php.  This can be expanded to other
> > query types.  Let me know what would be useful to you.
> >
> > // Template redirection
> > if (is_single() && (! isset($wp_did_single)) &&
> >     file_exists(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/single.php')) {
> >   $wp_did_single = true;
> >   include(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/single.php');
> >   exit;
> > } else if (is_page() && (! isset($wp_did_page)) &&
> >           file_exists(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/page.php')) {
> >   $wp_did_page = true;
> >   include(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/page.php');
> >   exit;
> > } else if (is_category() && (! isset($wp_did_category)) &&
> >          file_exists(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/category.php')) {
> >   $wp_did_category = true;
> >   include(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/category.php');
> >   exit;
> > } else if (is_author() && (! isset($wp_did_author)) &&
> >          file_exists(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/author.php')) {
> >   $wp_did_author = true;
> >   include(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/author.php');
> >   exit;
> > } else if (is_date() && (! isset($wp_did_date)) &&
> >          file_exists(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/date.php')) {
> >   $wp_did_date = true;
> >   include(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/date.php');
> >   exit;
> > } else if (is_archive() && (! isset($wp_did_archive)) &&
> >          file_exists(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/archive.php')) {
> >   $wp_did_archive = true;
> >   include(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/archive.php');
> >   exit;
> > } else if (is_search() && (! isset($wp_did_search)) &&
> >          file_exists(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/search.php')) {
> >   $wp_did_search = true;
> >   include(ABSPATH . 'wp-content/search.php');
> >   exit;
> > } else if (is_feed() && $pagenow != 'wp-feed.php') {
> >   include(dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-feed.php');
> >   exit;
> > } else if ($pagenow != 'wp-trackback.php' && $tb == 1) {
> >   include(dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-trackback.php');
> >   exit;
> > }
> >
> >
> >
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