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Create a “global” template group
- Posted by Jason Morehead
- May 29, 2009
- 3 people have found this tip helpful.
To take advantage of EE’s flexible templating system, I use “sub-templates” for aspects of my design that are common across the site (e.g., header, footer, menus, copyright info).
To keep these organized, I’ll create a “global” template group that contains all of these templates. Of course, you can name the group whatever you want (e.g., “shared”, “embeds”).
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Justin Long — 09:55 on 05.29.2009
This will save you loads of time if you need to change something in a common element. If you do not someone to be able to browse to just that template though you can add a period (.) to the beginning of the template name.
ie… http://example.com/global/.header would not show your header in the browser. Something I personally do on all of my “sub-templates”
Jason Morehead — 10:22 on 05.29.2009
Good point, Justin. I forgot to mention that, but it’s always a good idea to make your “sub-templates” hidden so that someone can’t accidentally see a portion of your design (e.g., a header or top menu).
mirkob — 15:21 on 06.02.2009
Good to know the period thing. I didn’t know it.
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