Create custom per page templates

Source: osCMax Docs - Thanks to michael_s

• If you wanted to, each page on your site could have its own look, completely different from the others. There are several ways to do this, and I will explore each, but this seems to be the simplest way to do it.

• Edit /catalog/includes/configure_bts.php and add a new main template definition.

Under this on line 19:

define('TEMPLATENAME_MAIN_PAGE', 'main_page.tpl.php'); 

define('TEMPLATENAME_MAIN_PAGE2', 'main_page2.tpl.php');

Next, after this block of code (lines 43-50):

    case 'main':
    // default or main_page
      if(is_file(DIR_WS_TEMPLATES . TEMPLATENAME_MAIN_PAGE)) {
          $path = (DIR_WS_TEMPLATES . TEMPLATENAME_MAIN_PAGE);
      } else {
          $path = (DIR_WS_TEMPLATES_FALLBACK . TEMPLATENAME_MAIN_PAGE);
      }
    break;  

Add this:

   case 'main2':
    // default or main_page
      if(is_file(DIR_WS_TEMPLATES . TEMPLATENAME_MAIN_PAGE2)) {
          $path = (DIR_WS_TEMPLATES . TEMPLATENAME_MAIN_PAGE2);
      } else {
          $path = (DIR_WS_TEMPLATES_FALLBACK . TEMPLATENAME_MAIN_PAGE);
      }
    break;  

• Copy templates/aabox/main_page.tpl.php to a new file named main_page2.tpl.php. Then edit main_page2.tpl.php to your liking.

• This will be your new custom framework.

• Edit <whatever>.php page in the main /catalog directory that you want to use the new template, and change this:

include (bts_select('main', $content_template)); // BTSv1.5  

include (bts_select('main2', $content_template)); // BTSv1.5  

* This tells that page to load the new main_page2.tpl.php instead of main_page.tpl.php.