Custom homepage template

[PitaJ]

@its-brad you could try using custom-homepage instead then, I think it uses a single template file.

[phenomlab]

@pitaj @its-brad sorry for digging up an old topic - I'm looking to do something similar here and was curious if you managed to get this to work ? For example, I'm looking to add the breadcrumbs.tpl template into the custom-homepage template, but it doesn't seem to work

Interestingly, I also get a 404, which I'm unsure if this is related

[PitaJ]

Did you rebuild after making the change? Is the plugin activated? Is there an identical homepage.tpl and also a homepage.js file in nodebb/build/public/templates?

[phenomlab]

@pitaj

Did you rebuild after making the change?

Yes

Is the plugin activated?

Yes

Is there an identical homepage.tpl and also a homepage.js file in nodebb/build/public/templates?

Yes

However, the change I entered into homepage.tpl has not been reflected on build (the import line is missing)

[PitaJ]

Please use code blocks instead of screenshots. It's much easier on mobile.

However, the change I entered into homepage.tpl has not been reflected on build (the import line is missing)

The import line should be replaced with the template it refers to. I think your problem is that you're over specifying the path. It should be just

<!-- IMPORT partials/breadcrumbs.tpl -->

[phenomlab]

@pitaj said in Custom homepage template:

The import line should be replaced with the template it refers to. I think your problem is that you're over specifying the path. It should be just
<!-- IMPORT partials/breadcrumbs.tpl -->

This didn't work either. This is actually the first way I tried it. Same issue.

[PitaJ]

@phenomlab what's the build output with it like that?

[phenomlab]

@pitaj See below

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[phenomlab]

This is pretty strange. According to the homepage.tpl file in nodebb/build/public/templates/homepage.tpl:

<!-- IF breadcrumbs.length -->
<div class="breadcrumb-header">
<ol class="breadcrumb" itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="breadcrumb" itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList">
	{{{each breadcrumbs}}}
	<li<!-- IF @last --> component="breadcrumb/current"<!-- ENDIF @last --> itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="itemListElement" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem" <!-- IF @last -->class="active"<!-- ENDIF @last -->>
		<meta itemprop="position" content="{@index}" />
		<!-- IF [email protected] --><a href="{breadcrumbs.url}" itemprop="item"><!-- ENDIF [email protected] -->
			<span itemprop="name">
				{breadcrumbs.text}
				<!-- IF @last -->
				<!-- IF !feeds:disableRSS -->
				<!-- IF rssFeedUrl --><a target="_blank" href="{rssFeedUrl}" itemprop="item"><i class="fa fa-rss-square"></i></a><!-- ENDIF rssFeedUrl --><!-- ENDIF !feeds:disableRSS -->
				<!-- ENDIF @last -->
			</span>
		<!-- IF [email protected] --></a><!-- ENDIF [email protected] -->
	</li>
	{{{end}}}
</ol>
</div>
<!-- ENDIF breadcrumbs.length -->

<div widget-area="hp-header">
	<!-- BEGIN widgets.hp-header -->
	{{widgets.hp-header.html}}
	<!-- END widgets.hp-header -->
</div>
<div class="row">
	<div class="<!-- IF widgets.hp-sidebar.length -->col-lg-9 col-sm-12<!-- ELSE -->col-lg-12<!-- ENDIF widgets.hp-sidebar.length -->">
		<div widget-area="hp-content">
			<!-- BEGIN widgets.hp-content -->
			{{widgets.hp-content.html}}
			<!-- END widgets.hp-content -->
		</div>
	</div>
	<div widget-area="hp-sidebar" class="col-md-3 col-xs-12 <!-- IF !widgets.hp-sidebar.length -->hidden<!-- ENDIF !widgets.hp-sidebar.length -->">
		<!-- BEGIN widgets.hp-sidebar -->
		{widgets.hp-sidebar.html}
		<!-- END widgets.hp-sidebar -->
	</div>
</div>

<div widget-area="hp-footer">
	<!-- BEGIN widgets.hp-footer -->
	{widgets.hp-footer.html}
	<!-- END widgets.hp-footer -->
</div>

However, when setting "custom homepage" as the homepage, nothing is being rendered. There's no HTML being output

[PitaJ]

@phenomlab it probably isn't provided with the breadcrumb data, so it doesn't render anything.

You can check ajaxify.data in your browsers js console to see what's there.