Ability to define different header and footer

[danami]

Currently you can only use one header and footer tpl file or all areas of whmcs. The problem is that sometimes you want to have different styles for different areas of whmc (eg. Support area VS Shopping cart area). An example that highlights the problem is when using css usually most of your sidebar code goes into the footer (which means that every whmcs sidebar area would be identicle). The only way to get around this is to move your sidebar code into every single page. If you could define different header or footer tpl for different areas then you wouldn't have to change every single template.

[chickendippers]

The only way to get around this is to move your sidebar code into every single page.

That's what I did, it doesn't take very long.

[Matt]

Why not just use an if check to display different HTML code based on the page name?

Matt

[danami]

Why not just use an if check to display different HTML code based on the page name?
Matt

That's probably what I'll end up doing. The only problem that I see with that is maintainability with future upgrades. As new changes are made you are constantly going to have to monitor new page names.

[danami]

Just in case anyone needs to do this here is an example:

1. Create a different footer for your support and cart area (eg. footer_support.tpl and footer_cart.tpl)
2. Move all your footer code into the new files
3. Add this code to your default footer.tpl

{if $SCRIPT_NAME eq '/whmcs/cart.php'}
{include file="default/footer_cart.tpl"}
{else}
{include file="default/footer_support.tpl"}
{/if}

Matt thanks for pointing out $SCRIPT_NAME .. I wasn't aware that variable was available in the templates.