Abstract
The purpose of this quick howto is to describe the way XNova manages templates and language files (I have not found docs about this on the official board).
This example adds an entry in the XNova main menu.
Clicking on this new entry will display a simple table with two columns.
Sources
Code
Adding a menu entry
Edit \xnova\templates\OpenGame\left_menu.tpl and add a link (ex: {Test})
<td colspan="2"><div><a href="test.php" target="{mf}">{Test}</a></div></td>
</tr><tr>
Add the entry language
French is used in this example.
Edit \xnova\language\fr\leftmenu.mo and add the {Test} translation (ex: “Nom du lien”)
$lang['Test'] = 'Test';
Describe the fields used by the script
Create \xnova\language\fr\test.mo and describe the values used in the script.
Example:
<?php
$lang['Field1'] = "Field 1"; $lang['Field2'] = "Field 2";
?>
Create a template which will be displayed to users
Create \xnova\templates\OpenGame\test.tpl and define the page structure, with the position of the fields set up in test.mo
Exemple:
<br><br>
<table style="text-align: left; width: 750px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>{Field1}</td>
<td>{Field2}</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
Script creation
Create \xnova\test.php
Include the common variables:
define('INSIDE' , true);
define('INSTALL' , false);
require_once dirname(__FILE__) .'/common.php';
Include the language file defined at step 3:
includeLang('Test');
Initialize the page and fields data variables:
$page = ""; $parse = $lang;
Fill the fields used in your template in an array. In this example, sample strings are used.
$parse['Field1'] = "Champ 1"; $parse['Field2'] = "Champ 2";
Build the page by giving this array to your template created at step 4:
$page = parsetemplate(gettemplate('test'), $parse);
Display the page in “User mode” (viewable by everyone):
display($page, $lang['test'], false);
Files list
- \xnova\templates\OpenGame\left_menu.tpl
- \xnova\language\fr\leftmenu.mo
- \xnova\language\fr\test.mo
- \xnova\templates\OpenGame\test.tpl
- \xnova\test.php