Changing Default Forumbit in forumlist

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

A core edit is definitely the simplest approach.  The plugin API gives you points of access, but it's often actually difficult to modify behavior.

The proposed method of having multiple templates may be problematic due to how PHP scopes variables (some variables may be unavailable to you).

Some methods I can think of, using the plugin system, to achieve this:

• Overriding the $templates->cache store, example:
  
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  $plugins->add_hook("build_forumbits_forum", "plugin_forumbits"); function plugin_forumbits($forum) { global $mybb, $templates; static $revert = null; $tpl = array('forumbit_depth1'); // list all the templates you wish to override here if(!isset($revert)) { // initialisation code $tpl_a = array(); foreach($tpl as $t) $tpl_a[] = $t.'_a'; $templates->cache(implode(',', $tpl_a)); // backup copy of templates foreach($tpl as $t) $templates->cache['__plugin_'.$t] = $templates->cache[$t]; $revert = false; } if($forum['type_a'] == 1) { // do template hack foreach($tpl as $t) $templates->cache[$t] = $templates->cache[$t.'_a']; $revert = true; } elseif($revert) { // revert template hack foreach($tpl as $t) $templates->cache[$t] = $templates->cache['__plugin_'.$t]; $revert = false; } }

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• Putting a placeholder in the template which you replace (perhaps using regex) later on
• Dynamically extending (ala control_object) the $templates object - this is what XThreads / Template Conditionals does
  

Hope that gives you ideas should you wish to try out doing it through a plugin again.