Page + Path * Template = Pleasure

This little snippet saved my bacon today. I decided it was worth a blog post. Sometimes finding the right code is a matter of googling the right words. So I will describe this is making a page template based on the node type you want to present, but you don't you know how to do it on a node, and now you want it on a page. :) Hopefully that will help some SEO.

Here's my Drupal 5 snip

function _phptemplate_variables($hook, $vars) { switch($hook) { case 'page' : // Change the page.tpl file based on the ailased path if (module_exists('path')) { $alias = drupal_get_path_alias($_GET['q']); if ($alias != $_GET['q']) { $custom_layouts = array(); $layout_filename = 'page'; foreach (explode('/', $alias) as $path_name) { $layout_filename = $layout_filename . '-' . $path_name; $custom_layouts[] = $layout_filename; } } $vars['template_files'] = $custom_layouts; } break; } return $vars; }

Here's one for Drupal 6

function phptemplate_preprocess_page(&$vars) { if (module_exists('path')) { $alias = drupal_get_path_alias(str_replace('/edit','',$_GET['q'])); if ($alias != $_GET['q']) { $suggestions = array(); $template_filename = 'page'; foreach (explode('/', $alias) as $path_part) { $template_filename = $template_filename . '-' . $path_part; $suggestions[] = $template_filename; } $vars['template_files'] = array_merge((array) $suggestions, $vars['template_files']); } } }

Here's some awesome links

Different page templates depending on URL aliases: http://drupal.org/node/139766 modify the preprocess function so that you can prepare and alter page template variables: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1336146&seqNum=7 Hopefully this is as helpful for you...