Simple PHP Blog Integration

kilbad2

Joined: 2005-07-14
Posts: 3
Posted: Thu, 2005-07-14 07:00

I am currently using Simple PHP Blog (http://www.simplephpblog.com) for a site that I am running and I want to embed/integrate gallery 2 into it. The makers of this script provide a template file to include html and php code within the blog wrapper (I have included the template code below).

MY QUESTION: Is there some way to include the pieces of the blog template code in the global.tpl file in the gallery templates/local directory? My current website structure is such that the gallery2 and simplephpblog have their own directories.

WHAT I TRIED: Initially, I tried to created symbolic links in the gallery directory to connect over to the blog directory so I could keep the ‘require’ references in the blog template the same (for the script and language directories) as I attempted to insert it into the global.tpl file. I also inserted all the sections of php code from the blog template file between {php}{/php} tags. However, all of this did not result in success.

Can someone help me through this, I feel like it should not be that hard?

The Simple PHP Blog Template (also here):

<?php
	require('scripts/sb_functions.php');
	global $logged_in;
	$logged_in = logged_in( false, true );
	
	read_config();
	
	require('languages/' . $blog_config[ 'blog_language' ] . '/strings.php');
	sb_language( 'index' );
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=<?php echo( $lang_string['html_charset'] ); ?>" />
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="themes/<?php echo( $blog_theme ); ?>/style.css" />
	<?php require('themes/' . $blog_theme . '/user_style.php'); ?>
	<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="scripts/sb_javascript.js" />
	<title><?php echo($blog_config[ 'blog_title' ]); ?></title>
</head>
	<?php 
		function page_content() {
			$entry_array = array();
			$entry_array['subject'] = "Subject Line";
			$entry_array['entry'] = "Body Content i.e. GALLERY 2";
			
			echo( theme_staticentry( $entry_array ) );
			
			?>
			<?php 
			
		}
		
		theme_pagelayout();
	?>
</html>
 
valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509
Posted: Thu, 2005-07-14 08:47

any customizations you do with your current g2 version are lost when upgrading to the current version or to beta 4.
the layout / theme system was changed.

so please first get the latest nightly snapshot:
http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:faq#How_to_upgrade_Gallery2.3F

and then customize it in themes/matrix/templates/local/*.tpl

- yes, you can include your own html in the template files.
- yes you can add your own php in the template files in {php}print "hello world"; {/php} tags

. i don't see the g2 integration code, can't tell you if you're doing anything wrong.
 
kilbad2

Joined: 2005-07-14
Posts: 3
Posted: Thu, 2005-07-14 18:22

First, let me thank you for your prompt response. I am so impressed with Gallery and your great technical support.

Since your reply, I downloaded the snapshot and upgraded with no problem. Then I made symbolic links in the gallery 2 directory to all the simplephpblog directories. After that, I attempted to integrate the simplephpblog template into the gallery 2 themes .tpl file. The result is that when I access the gallery 2 (main.php) I get a page that displays the blog wrapper, which I was pleased to see, but an error where the gallery 2 should be embedded. Below I have included the error and the code of my .tpl file. Can you help me fix this?

Thanks again!

The error:
Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /web/kilbad.com/wa2000/gallery2/g2data/smarty/templates_c/%%3617484692/%%3A^3A8^3A818B59%%theme.tpl.php on line 49

My themes .tpl file (for matrix):

{*
 * $Revision: 1.3 $
 * If you want to customize this file, do not edit it directly since future upgrades
 * may overwrite it.  Instead, copy it into a new directory called "local" and edit that
 * version.  Gallery will look for that file first and use it if it exists.
 *}
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html>

{php}
require('scripts/sb_functions.php');
global $logged_in;
$logged_in = logged_in( false, true );
read_config();
require('languages/english/strings.php');
sb_language( 'index' );
{/php}


<head>


<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="themes/modern/style.css" />
{php} require('themes/modern/user_style.php'); {/php}
<script language="JavaScript" src="scripts/sb_javascript.js"></script>
<title>Wheaton Academy Class of 2000 Gallery</title>

    {* Let Gallery print out anything it wants to put into the <head> element *}
    {g->head}

    {* If Gallery doesn't provide a header, we use the album/photo title (or filename) *}
    {if empty($head.title)}
      <!--<title>{$theme.item.title|default:$theme.item.pathComponent|markup:strip}</title>-->
    {/if}

    {* Include this theme's style sheet *}
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{g->theme url="theme.css"}"/>
  </head>
  <body class="gallery">

{php}
function page_content() {
$entry_array = array();
$entry_array['subject'] = "Subject Line";
$entry_array['entry'] = "Body Content";
echo( theme_staticentry( $entry_array ) );
{/php}


    <div id="gallery" {g->mainDivAttributes}>
      {*
       * Some module views (eg slideshow) want the full screen.  So for those, we
       * don't draw a header, footer, navbar, etc.  Those views are responsible for
       * drawing everything.
       *}
      {if $theme.useFullScreen}
        {include file=$theme.moduleTemplate}
      {else}
      <div id="gsHeader">
        
      </div>

      <div id="gsNavBar" class="gcBorder1">
        <div class="gbSystemLinks">
          {g->block type="core.SystemLinks"
		    order="core.SiteAdmin core.YourAccount core.Login core.Logout"
		    othersAt=4}
        </div>

        <div class="gbBreadCrumb">
          {g->block type="core.BreadCrumb"}
        </div>
      </div>

      {* Include the appropriate content type for the page we want to draw. *}
      {if $theme.pageType == 'album'}
        {g->theme include="album.tpl"}
      {elseif $theme.pageType == 'photo'}
        {g->theme include="photo.tpl"}
      {elseif $theme.pageType == 'admin'}
        {g->theme include="admin.tpl"}
      {elseif $theme.pageType == 'module'}
        {g->theme include="module.tpl"}
      {elseif $theme.pageType == 'progressbar'}
        {g->theme include="progressbar.tpl"}
      {/if}

      <div id="gsFooter">
      </div>
      {/if}  {* end of full screen check *}
    </div>

{php}
			
		}
		
		theme_pagelayout();
{/php}


    {*
     * Give Gallery a chance to output any cleanup code, like javascript that
     * needs to be run at the end of the <body> tag.  If you take this out, some
     * code won't work properly.
     *}
    {g->trailer}

    {* Put any debugging output here, if debugging is enabled *}
    {g->debug}

  </body>
</html>

Also, incase you visit my website, I have restored the default .tpl file until I resolve this. Therefore, the result of this modified .tpl file is not avalible on my server (if you yould like it to be, please indicate that in your reponse).
 
teknics

Joined: 2004-11-16
Posts: 31
Posted: Wed, 2005-12-14 03:38

Was there any update on this? I am looking to do something similar.