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Feature #2179

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Alternate layout for one site

Added by Patrick Naubert over 15 years ago. Updated about 15 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
UI
Target version:
-
Start date:
2008-11-13
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Description

Just like Redmine permits Themes that modify the current layout, we would like to be able to modify the site layout.

Currently, we handrolically modify the base.rhtml file.

I think it would be a better idea to make the lines in app/controllers/application.rb:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
layout 'base'

To instead read from a Settings.

The problem is that we are creating a redmine site for our government, and the law requires us to provide a Common Look and Feel to all government sites. (Top menu on the side instead, government banner, etc...)


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redmine_plugin_layout_example.tar.gz (988 Bytes) redmine_plugin_layout_example.tar.gz Example plugin overriding the layout Eric Davis, 2008-11-18 22:43
Actions #1

Updated by Patrick Naubert over 15 years ago

Can't believe a screwed up the feature request title...

Should be "Multiple Layouts for one site"

sigh

Actions #2

Updated by Jean-Philippe Lang over 15 years ago

  • Subject changed from Umltiple Layouts for one site to Multiple Layouts for one site

Subject fixed. Anyway, I can't see why you need multiple layouts. Do you really need multiple layouts or just need to replace the default one without hecking base.rhtml ?

Actions #3

Updated by Patrick Naubert over 15 years ago

Yeah, I was thinking about that after I submitted. I guess just not nuking the base.rhtml is key.

The main problem is have is during development of the new layout, if I cannot easily switch back to base, I can't really progress.

Not only that, but I find that it would have to be linked to a theme too, because I had to create a theme as well (New stylesheet). If I change back to my .rhtml file without also swithcing to the new theme, I have great difficulties.

Of course, changing the application.rb file means that I have to restart mongrel. That's a pain too.

I am using SVN version of redmine.

Actions #4

Updated by Eric Davis over 15 years ago

I just tried this and I think it will be easy for you to develop and also make it easy to package custom layouts.


The engines plugin allows you to override views in plugins. Just mirror the view structure and the plugin's view will be loaded first:

# vendor/plugin/app/layouts/base.rhtml
<html>
  <body>
    This is my custom layout with nothing inside.
  </body>
</html>

So you can just revert base.rhtml to the svn version and copy your custom base.rhtml into a new plugin and hack away. This technique also works for any other view file: including standard rhtml, partials, rjs, PDF views, and other plugin views.

Actions #5

Updated by Jean-Philippe Lang over 15 years ago

  • Subject changed from Multiple Layouts for one site to Alternate layout for one site
  • Status changed from New to Closed

Eric is right. You can achieve this by overrinding base.rhtml in a plugin.

Actions #6

Updated by Patrick Naubert over 15 years ago

  • Status changed from Closed to Reopened

My Appologies for being thick, but I don't yet understand the directory structure I must follow.

Here are the directories I tried with no success:

redmine/vendor/plugins/myapp/app/layouts/base.rhtml

redmine/vendor/myapp/app/layouts/base.rhtml

redmine/vendor/plugins/engines/myapp/app/layouts/base.rhtml

Thanks muchly.

Actions #7

Updated by Eric Davis over 15 years ago

Patrick Naubert wrote:

My Appologies for being thick, but I don't yet understand the directory structure I must follow.

Here are the directories I tried with no success:

redmine/vendor/plugins/myapp/app/layouts/base.rhtml

Almost got it: redmine/vendor/plugins/myapp/ views /layouts/base.rhtml

I've attached a plugin (redmine_foo) that should this. Just extract it into vendor/plugins. You should see a directory called REDMINE_ROOT/vendor/plugins/redmine_foo that has the init.rb. Let me know if you need anything else.

Actions #8

Updated by Patrick Naubert about 15 years ago

  • Status changed from Closed to Reopened
  • Assignee set to Eric Davis

That worked well. I am now at a later stage where I have to add 2 methods to the Redmine app/controllers/application.rb and I also have to change the set_localization method of that same file.

I tried to just create a myplugin/app/controllers/application.rb file with the following content, but it doesn't seem to use it:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

  logger.info "In New application controller" 

  alias :old_set_localization :set_localization

  def french
    cookies[:language] =
        { :value => 'fr',
          :expires => Time.now + 1.year,
          :path => '/',
          :domain => 'testredmine.ircan.gc.ca' }
    redirect_to request.referer  end

  def english
    cookies[:language] =
        { :value => 'en',
          :expires => Time.now + 1.year,
          :path => '/',
          :domain => 'testredmine.ircan.gc.ca' }
    redirect_to request.referer
  end

  def set_localization
    logger.info "In new set_localization" 
    if url_for(params) =~ /\/french$/
       french()
    end
    if url_for(params) =~ /\/english$/
       english()
    end
    if cookies[:language]
       User.current.language = cookies[:language]
       current_language = cookies[:language]
    else
      User.current.language = nil unless User.current.logged?
    end
    lang = begin
      if !User.current.language.blank? && GLoc.valid_language?(User.current.language)
        User.current.language
      elsif request.env['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']
        accept_lang = parse_qvalues(request.env['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']).first.downcase
        if !accept_lang.blank? && (GLoc.valid_language?(accept_lang) || GLoc.valid_language?(accept_lang = a
ccept_lang.split('-').first))
          User.current.language = accept_lang
        end
      end
    rescue
      nil
    end || Setting.default_language
    set_language_if_valid(lang)
  end

I have a view defined in the myplugin/ plugin and that works well, so I know that my plugin hierarchy is correct, as you have given me.

Actions #9

Updated by Eric Davis about 15 years ago

  • Status changed from Reopened to Closed

You can't override controllers or models that way. The best way is to create a module and include it into the base class. Here's an example for a model and a helper. I haven't had to add anything to a controller yet but it's the same basic process.

If you need some more help, we should take the conversation to the forums so the issue tracker isn't cluttered.

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