Editing Smarty plugins

danlaw86 · August 2011

Hi all,

I am trying to edit the {signinout_link} Smarty tag in my master file. I found the plugin that controls this signout link within the Smarty/plugins folder.

Is there a way to keep this within my theme folder rather than editing the existing Smarty plugin? Im just trying to keep all changes within my custom theme incase of errors updating Vanilla in the future?

Also, there is a class applied to the signinout link, 'SignInPopup'. Can somebody tell me where this class is applied when using the smarty tag: {signinout_link}?

Thanks

sottwell · August 2012

Hm, over a year ago and still no response to the Smarty plugin modification question. Well, if I can find out (I'm trying to modify one of the main menu items, {home_link}) I'll come post the solution here as well.

peregrine · August 2012

@sottwell
the smarty stuff is a bit mysterious.

You could create your won smarty plugin, then you could call that plugin from the theme (that would isolate the function to your theme). Other themes would use the default. You could add your own class, or entirely replace %class. E.g. if you put a different class in it would prevent a signin popup from occurring and create a regular signin page.
This might also help people with the password fillin the blank problem that occurs with the signin popup on some browsers.