Creating Assets to use in Smarty

odannyc

I looked through the forums and didn't find a definite answer on how and where to create an asset such as {asset name="Content"}

To keep it simple I just want to create an asset that displays a piece of text such as "Hello World".
In my smarty template I want to put this: {asset name="HelloWorld"}

How do I achieve this?
I read somewhere I need to do this: Gdn::controller()->addAsset();

But where do I create the file? What parameters go into that method?

hgtonight

Vanilla provides a few asset containers out of the box: head, panel, content, and foot. You can add any asset container you want to your smarty template using the syntax you used.

You can add an asset (which is just a string) directly to a specific container via the Gdn_Controller::addAsset($container, $asset, $name) method.

Garden also provides a module system to simplify this process. Once your module targets that asset container, you just need to add it to the controller you want it to show on. A simple module that targets a custom asset is shown here:

class HelloModule extends Gdn_Module {
  public function AssetTarget() {
    return 'HelloWorld';
  }

  public function ToString() {
    return "Hello world, I must be dreaming."
  }
}

Sample code that hooks into every controller and adds the module:

public function base_render_before($sender) {
  $module = new HelloModule();
  $sender->addModule($module);
}

If you have questions on how to create a plugin, I suggest reading the documentation here: https://docs.vanillaforums.com/developers/plugins/quickstart/