Override a single node #

This page is for designers who need one page to look different from all others of its class: the front page, a landing page, the contact page.

Contents #

1. The rule
2. Node id or remote id
3. Finding the remote id
4. Alternatives

The rule #

[mytheme_full_front]
Source=node/view/full.tpl
MatchFile=full/front.tpl
Subdir=templates
Match[node_remote_id]=mytheme-front-node
Priority=0

Priority=0 puts it before the class rules (Override ordering).

Node id or remote id #

The starter theme matches its root page with Match[remote_id]=cjw-starter-o-root, set by its content package.

Finding the remote id #

In the administration, the node's details show it, or in a template on a test page: {$node.remote_id|wash} (node) and {$node.object.remote_id|wash} (object). A developer can set a readable remote id when the content is created by a package or script.

Alternatives #

• A layout for the page, when editors should be able to change its structure (Layouts for designers).
• A class of its own (for example frontpage), when several pages share the special look.
• A section, when a whole area differs (Override by section).

Related pages #

• Override match keys
• Override basics
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.