Bringing website header and footer into the phpbb forum

[summitmn]

I noticed some others have asked this question but our site was built using smarty templates and css.

I would like to add our site header and footer to the phpbb forum.
http://www.summit.org
and
jat.summti.org

Any advice on how to go about doing this? Which tpl and php files do I need to change?

[beatme101]

I noticed some others have asked this question but our site was built using smarty templates and css.

I would like to add our site header and footer to the phpbb forum.
http://www.summit.org
and
jat.summti.org

Any advice on how to go about doing this? Which tpl and php files do I need to change?

overall_header.tpl and overall_footer.tpl.

[summitmn]

thank you. i have added the php code and called the website header but nothing shows up. even the code is on the "view source" option!

http://jat.summit.org

[Thomas_Williams]

PHP is processed on the server, so of course you wouldn't see it in the source, you will only see the outcome.

In most shared environments, PHP will only work in files that have a .php extension. It will not work with files that have a .tpl extension.

[beatme101]

PHP is processed on the server, so of course you wouldn't see it in the source, you will only see the outcome.

In most shared environments, PHP will only work in files that have a .php extension. It will not work with files that have a .tpl extension.

No, he is saying he DOES see his php code in the source.

Since phpbb is handling tpl files a special way, the php code would not work in the template files even if they had .php extensions.


You cannot use php in template files without a special MOD for phpbb called Extreme Styles MOD.

[summitmn]

I added the following calling to the overall_header.tpl

<!--{* Smarty *}-->

<!--{ include file="/global/header.tpl" }-->
<!--{ include file="/global/header_nav.tpl" }-->

This code shows up when I do a "reveal code" from the forum homepage. I only add that to say that the code has been added to the tpl file and uploaded. However, the header is not called, i.e. the forum doesnt look any different and no error messages show up either.

[summitmn]

I also added the following code to the page_header.php file:

ini_set('include_path', get_include_path().':/home/www/summit/migration/summit.org/src/php/Smarty/:/home/www/summit/migration/summit.org/src/php/org/summit');

// The include_path is set in the file ".htaccess" found in the web root
require_once('includes/SummitSmarty.php');
require_once('includes/global.php');

$smarty = new SummitSmarty;

$smarty->assign('title','Summit Ministries: Home');

$smarty->assign('sectionCSS', 'communityScreen.css');

This likewise created no errors but neither do it change the look of the forum. I do understand that this text will not show up with the "reveal code" option. I really shouldnt have said anything about that before...worthless info on my part.

But that being said, what else do I need to do? I am not that advanced at programing, but I do know that whenever I created a new page for our website I have to add the above code to the appropiate php file and the previous posting's code to any tpl file. However, it did not work for the forum. Any ideas?

[beatme101]

You cannot use php in template files without a special MOD for phpbb called Extreme Styles MOD.

[summitmn]

I may be completely misunderstanding you, but Im only trying to call a global tpl file in the overall_header.tpl file, not php.

[summitmn]

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

[tm6tech]

just paste the html formatting from your sites design into the overall_header.tpl file.

Worked for me.

[summitmn]

sadly with the style sheets and etc it is a bit more complicated. that is why it would be nice to be able to just call the site header.