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How to Make Optionally Hidden Node Titles in Drupal (Using CCK)
In the popular open-source content management system (CMS) Drupal, titles display on every page as part of the Content Management System's functionality. But what if you don't want to have the titles display on some pages? For example, if you want to use a banner instead of the plain title. There's an easy way to make Drupal's node titles optional using the Content Construction Kit (CCK) module.6.x
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What you'll need to get started:
- Drupal 6.x (something similar should work with 5.x, but I haven't tested it)
- Content Construction Kit (CCK) for Drupal 6.
- NOTE: Most of CCK's functionality has been moved to core in Drupal 7, so downloading the CCK module won't be necessary for Drupal 7 once it's released.
If you don't already have CCK installed, download and install it to your Drupal site now.
Step 1 — Finding content types settings
Once you've installed CCK, go to the "content types" section of Drupal admin (found at /admin/content/types).
Select "content types" in the Drupal admin panel.
Step 2 — Managing a content type's fields
Select "manage fields" for the content type you wish to edit.
Select "manage fields" for the content type you wish to edit.
Step 3 — Adding a new field
Add a new field to the content type. To do this drag the "new field" row to the position you want and fill in the field information. You'll probably want to drag your new field to right below the title field. You can use whatever label and field name you want, but we use "Title hide" and "titlehide" and we'll refer back to this later. The type should be set to "text" and the form element should be set to "Single on/off checkbox." This field will be used to specify if you want the node's title to be displayed or hidden. Once you're done, click "save."
Add the field that will be used to specify whether or not to hide the title.
Step 4 — Defining field's allowed values
After you press save, you'll be brought to a new page where you can specify more detailed settings for the field. Here you need only change one setting: the "allowed values list." Enter "display|Display Title" on the first line and "hide|Hide Title" on the second line. These values will be referred to later. Once you've entered this, scroll down to the bottom of the page and save the field settings.
Complete the allowed values list as it is above.
Once you save, you'll see your new field along with the others.
Your content type's fields, including the new field you just created
Step 5 — Hiding the new field
Because this field will be used internally to hide or show the title of a page, you don't want this field to display in the node view. To hide the display of this field in the node view, click on the "display fields" tab. Once the display fields settings have loaded, change the label, teaser, and full node display to "" and then save.
The display fields settings.
Step 5 — Grab a cup of coffee (tea?)... you're almost done
Awesome — you're "title hide" field is all set up (but you're not done yet)! If you go to add a new node of that content type, you'll see you can now tick the box to hide the title.
You'll now see the title hide option when you add or edit nodes of that content type.
Step 6 — Bring the field to life
In order to make your new title hide field useful, you need to build it into your theme. To do this, I added some PHP code that will insert the value of the field as a CSS class of the title.
Step 7 — Identify the theme file that displays the node's title on the page
Identify the theme file that displays the node's title on the page. For most themes the theme file that is responsible for displaying the title is called page.tpl.php.
Step 8 — Find the PHP code that displays the page's title
Locate the PHP code that displays the title:
<?php print $title; ?>
It may be surrounded by additional related HTML and PHP that define layout, styles, or in which cases the title should load:
<?php if ($title): ?> <div id="title"><h1><?php print $title; ?></h1></div> <?php endif; ?>
Step 9 — Insert your title hide field as a class of the title's H1 tag
Insert your title hide field as a class of the H1 tag. This will look something like this:
<?php if ($title): ?>
<div id="title"><h1 class="title <?php if(!empty($node->field_titlehide[0]['value'])) {$titlehide = $node->field_titlehide[0]['value']; print $titlehide;} ?>"><?php print $title; ?></h1></div>
<?php endif; ?>
Step 10 — Add the CSS class that hides the title
Hiding the h1 tag is based on CSS style rules. Add a CSS rule like the following anywhere in your theme's stylesheets:
h1.hide{
display: none;
}
Step 11 — Finito
Congratulations! You now have optional Drupal node titles.
Troubleshooting
Nothing seems to be happening...
Hiding the h1 tag is based on CSS style rules. Did you remember to add a CSS style rule like the following in order to hide your title?
h1.hide{
display: none;
}
This style can be added anywhere to any of your site's CSS stylesheets.
The CSS class isn't being added to the title
Here are a few suggestions...
- First try clearing your theme's cache! If Drupal is running on old, cached theme files, changes might not take effect.
- The php code is based on calling the right CCK variable. You need to make sure you named your CCK field the same as I did or if you named it differently, you need to make those adjustments in my code. You also want to make sure you used the same CCK field type that I used, a checkbox, or you may not be calling the contents of the variable properly.
- If you did everything right and the variable is still not being written as a CSS class to the H1 element, there's probably a issue with your theme accessing and displaying the CCK field using PHP variables. I'd recommend using the Devel contributed module in order to see what variables are being loaded and in order to help diagnose theme problems.
Comments
My theme is a custom theme based off the Zen starter theme, although I don't see why it wouldn't work with your theme.
To make sure the proper CCK variable is available to the template, I recommend installing the Devel module. Once you install it, you can view all of the template variables that are loading (including CCK template variables). You'll be able to see the value of the CCK field you're using to switch the title hide on and off and then verify that the php code you're using is actually calling the variable to load.
Try this and let me know how it goes.
Thanks, that's awesome!
I've been scratching my head on this small problem for a while!
You're tute works just perfect.
One question however: my Title Hide field offers a third (and default) radio box saying "N/A". How do i get rid of it?
Thanks again!
Simon
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February 17, 2010I used the "Single on/off checkbox" for the widget type rather than "Check boxes/radio buttons." This provides just one checkbox where the default (unchecked) option is the first allowed value and the checked option is the second allowed value.
February 17, 2010Thanks for all the great information. I am glad I ran across your blog. I look forward to reading your next post.
February 23, 2010How would I hide a field title? I am just getting into Drupal.....
Cliff
February 23, 2010Hey Cliff,
Refer to step five above to hide the field's label. As you can see, you want to set "Label" to "" in the "Display Fields" section.
Good luck and let me know if this answers your question.
March 3, 2010Nice tutorial, thanks.
If I promote the node to display on front page, it will still show the title.
Any idea where that code would be?thanks
March 10, 2010I have the Drupal acquia installation (which includes cck), with the zen theme, and cannot get it to work. Any thoughts?
April 8, 2010For my use case I need the actual div "<div id="title">" to not be printed at all when hidden. How could this be accomplished?
April 9, 2010Bryan, you'll need to put a PHP if statement around the H1 tag. Basically, the statement would specify that if the do-not-display setting is turned off, the H1 tag will be loaded.
April 9, 2010So I figured out how to do this with basically the same setup (except my CCK field is titled "field_title_hide")
Instead of changing anything in your page.tpl.php file, add the following to your template.php file. Change "THEMETITLE" to the title of your theme and "field_title_hide" to the name of your cck field.
function THEMETITLE_preprocess_page(&$vars) { if($vars['node']->field_title_hide[0]['value'] == 'hide') { unset($vars['title']); }else{ $vars['title']; } }April 19, 2010Thanks for the clearly written tutorial.
If you have time, it would be really useful to know how to use a similar process to add a CSS tag to a Views field.
I have a Product content type with a single on/off checkbox. First value is empty, second value displays a "New Product" checkbox in node/edit.
allowed values look like this:
|
New | New ProductProducts are searchable via exposed filters in views, and I'd like to display "NEW" next to the title (in the filtered results) for any product that's checked New Product.
If I could get the view to add a "new" class to "field-content", I could add a NEW image using specific CSS. I copied views-view-fields.tpl.php and tried adding your code above:
<<?php print $field->element_type; ?> class="field-content <?php if(!empty($node->field_new_product[0]['value'])):?>new<?php endif; ?>"><?php print $field->content; ?></<?php print $field->element_type; ?>>
but it may be obvious that I really have no idea how to get it to read the node's value for field_new_product. A conditional statement that reads the value? And is this whole thing more doable in template.php? Thanks in advance!
April 20, 2010Hey Keva, in order to affect the output of a theme, you need to use a theme override template. In Drupal 6, there is an automatic structure for theme override templates. In Drupal 5, you have to inform the theme via template.php that you are overriding the View.
So when editing a View in Views 2 for Drupal 6, you can click "Theme Information" in order to see a list of overrides. You can theme individual fields/rows of content, or if you want to, you can theme the entire view from scratch.
But there's actually an easier way to do what you're looking to do. You can actually rewrite the output of a particular field in a theme by clicking on that field and checking "Rewrite the output of this field." You'll then be prompted to enter in a text box how the field should be rewritten. The key thing here is that you can use fields listed prior to the field you're currently editing as tokens. So make sure you have the "new" field load before the field you want the CSS class to be applied to (i.e., put the "new" field first).
Then using the replacement patterns, you can construct something that looks like this:
<h1 class="[field_new_value]">[title]</h1>
Finally, don't forget to set the "new" field to be hidden since you only want it to show up as the CSS class.
You can also do it via the template method, but you'll have to create a template file that overrides one of the theme's outputs as described above, and you'll have to call the content with PHP. Also, I included the if statement for semantic purposes, but it's technically not necessary. You can just output the value of the field, and then only define the CSS class for the particular value you care about.
April 22, 2010Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Now I'm following you..
April 23, 2010thanks for your time.! I've used the rewrite before, but didn't think to apply here.
regarding the template, I had gotten as far as theming views-view-field--field-new-product-value.tpl.php with an if/then, but couldn't get it to work right (only "then" was applied). Your solution is MUCH easier.
just read your About page. I can't believe you just graduated from high school last year!! Amazing!
April 23, 2010Glad you got it to work, and thanks for the kind words!
May 10, 2010Superb! Generally I never read whole articles but the way you wrote this information is simply amazing and this kept my interest in reading and I enjoyed it. You have got good writing skills.
May 11, 2010Greatly written article but for some reason it doesn't seem to be working for me. I copied the code into the area I thought it belonged in the page.tpl.php file.
I'm using a zen based sub theme as well: Here's the code snippet:
<?php if ($breadcrumb || $title || $tabs || $help || $messages): ?> <div id="content-header"> <?php print $breadcrumb; ?> <?php if ($title): ?> <div id="title"><h1 class="title <?php if(!empty($node->field_titlehide[0]['value'])) {$titlehide = $node->field_titlehide[0]['value']; print $titlehide;} ?>"><?php print $title; ?></h1></div> <?php endif; ?> <?php print $messages; ?> <?php if ($tabs): ?> <div class="tabs"><?php print $tabs; ?></div> <?php endif; ?> <?php print $help; ?> </div> <!-- /#content-header --> <?php endif; ?>Not much of a coder so I'm not sure if I put it in the right place. But that was the only instance of <?php print $title; ?> I found. Thanks for your help.
Hey, your code appears to be fine. Did you add the css style rule that would hide the title element if the setting is turned on? If not, you'll need to go ahead and add this rule. If so, and the css class isn't showing up at all, there's a problem with Drupal calling a variable.
You can use the Devel module (this is a contributed model, not a core module) in order to see what variables are being loaded through the template and are available to use.
Since you're using a zen-based template, the variable should be available to the page.tpl.php theme file.
May 12, 2010I've tried doing this, but the title is still there. I am using the Zen starter theme. I replaced the code in the page.tpl.php form, but nothing seems to change.
May 12, 2010Hey Dave, to help diagnose your problem, if you look at the source code, is the CSS class "hide" being added to the h1 title element?
If so:
You only need to add a CSS class to hide the element, like this:1h1.hide{2display:none;3}If not:
There's a problem with you're template calling the variable. You may find the Devel contributed module useful in diagnosing your problem and make sure your new CCK variable is available to use in theming. You might try adding a snippet of code to your template.php file (see one of my comments above); I'm not sure if this will work, but it's worth a try. Also, keep in mind that if you named your CCK field something other than what I used, you'll need to change the PHP code accordingly.May 12, 2010On the source I see this
1<div id="content-header">2<div id="title"><h1class="title hide">Home</h1></div>3</div> <!-- /#content-header -->Pardon my ignorance, I'm still learning, but where would would I add the CSS class too?
May 12, 2010Hey Dave, that's great news! That means that the PHP is working properly -- all you're missing is the CSS style rule that instructs the h1 to be hidden. You can add the sample style I posted above anywhere in any of your sites style sheets. My site's primary style sheet is called style.css, but yours may be called something else. Look for a .css file in your theme's directory.
May 12, 2010Outstanding! That looks like that took care of that. I will definitely check out your site for other tips and tricks as I learn my way through drupal. Thanks!
May 12, 2010Okay awesome got it to work for individually generated Page, Blog and Forum titles. Thanks, turns out I had forgotten to add the CSS class.
How do I go about hiding the title for the main Blog and Forums pages?
site.com/blog
site.com/forumsBoth still have their titles (Blog, Forums) visible. And I'm not sure where to turn those off. Thanks again for your help.
Unfortunately my method only works for nodes. There is however, an alternate method that can be applied to any page:
Add the following code to your template.php file (anywhere will do as long as you don't break up another piece of code), making sure to change any instance of 'magic' to the actually name of your own theme. Note that this name is the name of your theme's .info file, omitting the .info extension.
001/**002* Override or insert variables into the page templates.003*004* @param $vars005* An array of variables to pass to the theme template.006* @param $hook007* The name of the template being rendered ("page" in this case.)008*/009functionmagic_preprocess_page(&$vars,$hook) {010// Add conditional stylesheets.011if(!module_exists('conditional_styles')) {012$vars['styles'] .=$vars['conditional_styles'] = variable_get('conditional_styles_'.$GLOBALS['theme'],'');013}014015// Classes for body element. Allows advanced theming based on context016// (home page, node of certain type, etc.)017$classes= split(' ',$vars['body_classes']);018// Remove the mostly useless page-ARG0 class.019if($index=array_search(preg_replace('![^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0-9-_]+!s','','page-'. drupal_strtolower(arg(0))),$classes)) {020unset($classes[$index]);021}022if(!$vars['is_front']) {023// Add unique class for each page.024$path= drupal_get_path_alias($_GET['q']);025$classes[] = magic_id_safe('page-'.$path);026// Add unique class for each website section.027list($section, ) =explode('/',$path, 2);028if(arg(0) =='node') {029if(arg(1) =='add') {030$section='node-add';031}032elseif(is_numeric(arg(1)) && (arg(2) =='edit'|| arg(2) =='delete')) {033$section='node-'. arg(2);034}035}036$classes[] = magic_id_safe('section-'.$section);037}038if(theme_get_setting('magic_wireframes')) {039$classes[] ='with-wireframes';// Optionally add the wireframes style.040}041$vars['body_classes_array'] =$classes;042$vars['body_classes'] = implode(' ',$classes);// Concatenate with spaces.043}044045/**046* Override or insert variables into the node templates.047*048* @param $vars049* An array of variables to pass to the theme template.050* @param $hook051* The name of the template being rendered ("node" in this case.)052*/053functionmagic_preprocess_node(&$vars,$hook) {054// Special classes for nodes055$classes=array('node');056if($vars['sticky']) {057$classes[] ='sticky';058}059if(!$vars['status']) {060$classes[] ='node-unpublished';061$vars['unpublished'] = TRUE;062}063else{064$vars['unpublished'] = FALSE;065}066if($vars['uid'] &&$vars['uid'] ==$GLOBALS['user']->uid) {067$classes[] ='node-mine';// Node is authored by current user.068}069if($vars['teaser']) {070$classes[] ='node-teaser';// Node is displayed as teaser.071}072// Class for node type: "node-type-page", "node-type-story", "node-type-my-custom-type", etc.073$classes[] = magic_id_safe('node-type-'.$vars['type']);074$vars['classes'] = implode(' ',$classes);// Concatenate with spaces075}076077/**078* Override or insert variables into the comment templates.079*080* @param $vars081* An array of variables to pass to the theme template.082* @param $hook083* The name of the template being rendered ("comment" in this case.)084*/085functionmagic_preprocess_comment(&$vars,$hook) {086include_once'./'. drupal_get_path('theme','magic') .'/template.comment.inc';087_magic_preprocess_comment($vars,$hook);088}089090/**091* Override or insert variables into the block templates.092*093* @param $vars094* An array of variables to pass to the theme template.095* @param $hook096* The name of the template being rendered ("block" in this case.)097*/098functionmagic_preprocess_block(&$vars,$hook) {099$block=$vars['block'];100101// Special classes for blocks.102$classes=array('block');103$classes[] ='block-'.$block->module;104$classes[] ='region-'.$vars['block_zebra'];105$classes[] =$vars['zebra'];106$classes[] ='region-count-'.$vars['block_id'];107$classes[] ='count-'.$vars['id'];108109$vars['edit_links_array'] =array();110$vars['edit_links'] ='';111if(theme_get_setting('magic_block_editing') && user_access('administer blocks')) {112include_once'./'. drupal_get_path('theme','magic') .'/template.block-editing.inc';113magic_preprocess_block_editing($vars,$hook);114$classes[] ='with-block-editing';115}116117// Render block classes.118$vars['classes'] = implode(' ',$classes);119}120121/**122* Converts a string to a suitable html ID attribute.123*124* <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.5.2" title="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.5.2">http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.5.2</a> specifies what makes a125* valid ID attribute in HTML. This function:126*127* - Ensure an ID starts with an alpha character by optionally adding an 'id'.128* - Replaces any character except alphanumeric characters with dashes.129* - Converts entire string to lowercase.130*131* @param $string132* The string133* @return134* The converted string135*/136functionmagic_id_safe($string) {137// Replace with dashes anything that isn't A-Z, numbers, dashes, or underscores.138$string=strtolower(preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]+/','-',$string));139// If the first character is not a-z, add 'id' in front.140if(!ctype_lower($string{0})) {// Don't use ctype_alpha since its locale aware.141$string='id'.$string;142}143return$string;144}145146// Allows theming of individual nodes147// function phptemplate_preprocess_node(&$vars) {148// $vars['template_files'][] = 'node-' . $vars['nid'];149// return $vars;150// }And then make sure you're page.tpl.php file's body tag looks like this:
1<bodyclass="<?php print $body_classes; ?>">This will add relevant classes to the body tag about the content you're on. You can use these classes to create CSS style rules to hide h1 tags on specific pages.
May 12, 2010Okay so I added that code to the template.php folder.
I see how it creates:
body class="not-front logged-in no-sidebars page-blog section-blog lightbox-processed"
But from there I'm lost. I added a .page-blog class to the style.css and I can make the whole page disappear with display: none; but I haven't been able to come up with the code to make just the page title disappear.
Thanks for your help. *sigh* Chose Drupal because I thought I wouldn't have to code anything. :P
May 12, 2010Drupal's an awesome and very powerful CMS, but it can be pretty technically intensive (that's something they're trying to address with Drupal 7).
You need to use the .page-blog class as a parent to the h1. By adding the rule ".page-blog" set to hide, you're telling the page to hide any element that has the class "page-blog."
Here's what you need:
1body.page-blog h1.title{2display:none;3}Here's what that code specifies:
Set the display mode to hide for h1 elements with the class "title" that are child to (nested within) the body element with the class of "page-blog."If the title is an h2, you'll have to replace h1 with h2 in the rule.
May 12, 2010Awesome. Got it. And I even understand it.
If I end up saying screw it and decide to have someone else do all the work for me I'm calling you guys for a quote :)
May 12, 2010No problem and sounds good, haha. Good luck with your project.
Our theme uses this code for the page title.
<?php if ($title): echo ''. $title .''; endif; ?>
Any idea how to code it for this to work? THANKS
June 17, 2010That code right there just calls a variable called "title" and outputs it. Just wrap a span, h2, or div around your title code. Then just add the following PHP code in the class attribute of your HTML element that's wrapped around your title code:
1<?phpif(!empty($node->field_titlehide[0]['value'])) {$titlehide=$node->field_titlehide[0]['value']; print$titlehide;} ?>June 30, 2010Hi,
I'm trying this again, but I switched to the wabi theme. I can't get it to work, and the title function in the page.tpl.php page has a bit more code. Is it possible to get it to function in this theme? Here is what the code looks like
01<?php print$breadcrumb?>02<?phpif(!empty($node) &&$page== 0) { ?>03<div id="cr8"></div>04<?php }else{ ?>05<?phpif($title) { ?>06<table border="0"cellpadding="0"cellspacing="0"class="pagetitle">07<tr>08<tdclass="pagetitle-l"></td>09<tdclass="pagetitle-c">10<h1><?php print$title?></h1>11</td>12<tdclass="pagetitle-r"></td>13</tr>14</table>15<?php } ?>
July 1, 2010Hey Dave,
You need to add the following code as a class to an HTML element surrounding the title:
1<?phpif(!empty($node->field_titlehide[0]['value'])) {$titlehide=$node->field_titlehide[0]['value']; print$titlehide;} ?>Important things to remember:
1. This assumes your CCK field is titled "titlehide"
2. You still need to add the CSS rule to actually hide the elementApart from that, that coding seems a bit sloppy.
First, the use of tables for layout is deprecated for a number of reason, primarily poor accessibility and lack of flexibility in CSS styling and layout. All layout should be done with spans and divs. Tables should really only be used for data/content.
Second, the php syntax is not correct. If you want to break up PHP conditional statements with HTML code, you should use this syntax:
1<?phpif(!empty($node) &&$page== 0): ?>2<h1>your HTML code here</h1>3<?phpelse: ?>4<h1>some other HTML code</h1>5<?phpendif; ?>Curly brackets "{" should be used to declare what happens if a statement is true when you're using a continuous block of php code.
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Thats too bad. I found the zen starter theme to be a bit too much work when the wabi theme got me 95% percent of the way there. I'll give it a try, thanks!
July 15, 2010This is what I was looking for. Thanks a lot!
July 30, 2010Brilliant little tut. Meticulously executed.
Thanks you Isaac.
September 10, 2010Thanks for sharing. Share is caring after all.
September 11, 2010I just wanted to comment telling you what a great tutorial you gave on this.
I had created many portions of the website in panels but then i needed to translate it for multiple languages.
i started pulling my code out of panels and then dropping them into pages because i could not figure out how to activate language translations for panels.
Then i was left with all these page titles that i didn't want. i did want the titles for some of them so i couldn't knock out the titles completely.
long story short, this really saved me a lot of time. i was able to implement this in about 10 minutes with your straight-forward tutorial.
much appreciated!
February 10, 2011Hi,
It seems like CCK didnt integrate the on/off checkbox option to a text field on drupal 7.
i tried to use list (text) and it doesnt work that way... any idea on how to get the checkbox for the title field now?
thanks
Hey Steve,
Using a select list should work, but you'll need to change the PHP code to match the "hide" value with the associated behavior of displaying the hide class in the H1 tag.
March 17, 2011hi issac....
hmmmm i got a little lost on thatfield_titlehide[0]['value'])) {$titlehide = $node->field_titlehide[0]['value']; print $titlehide;} ?>">
where would i change the value? [0] ?
i used select list and i have a dropdown with these 2 values
display|Display title
hide|Hide titleh1.hide {
display: none;
}is in the css
thanks!
This will be good for your organic search because no on covers "optionally hide node title in Drupal 7" :)April 1, 2011Hi,
Believe it or not someone actually made a module for this now.
http://drupal.org/project/exclude_node_title
I was browsing for new modules for Drupal 7 and stumbled upon it. works like a charm. 6 and 7.
Great -- thanks for sharing Stephen!
October 1, 2010Hi Isaac,
Thanks for your very clear explanation for how to optionally hide titles. I'm not particularly strong at php, but was hoping I could hack this change on my website as we don't want to display the title on some pages.
The php code on our website that displays the title is different from the one in your explanation. Do you know what changes would be required for the following code? (We also use h2 for titles, as you can see below...)
<?php if ($title): print ''. $title .''; endif; ?>
Thanks for any suggestions!
October 2, 2010Try this:
1<?phpif(empty($node->field_titlehide[0]['value'])):?><?phpif($title): print''.$title.'';endif; ?>2<?phpendif;?>This will remove the title completely, rather than hide it with CSS, which might not be desirable for accessibility reasons, but this should work.
The best thing to do would be to simply change your template's code to match the code in the article. This should work for your template.
October 8, 2010Hey,
Very nice tutorial mate :)
I'm a PHP & HTML beginner and this saved me valuable time...
Thank you!
Mario,
GreeceDecember 2, 2010Hi. Thanks for taking the time to post this tutorial. .. very helpful.
You mention using Zen. I also use zen and a subtheme of my own.
My php is limited to what I can cut and paste.
When it comes to Zen and Zen Subthemes, it is recommended to not modify the zen files. I looked at the subtheme files which include the ability to overide the main templates.
Have you made your mods to the main Zen page template, or did you take advantage of the overide function of your subtheme files?
If the latter; do you have info on performing that mod?
txs again for the time.
December 6, 2010Zen's documentation instructs to create sub themes so that if the zen theme gets updated, you can update your theme.
However, whenever I create themes I just use the Zen theme as a template and change the files to create an entirely new theme. All you need to do to create a new theme is just to change the theme's .info file and all of the references to the theme's name in the other theme files (especially the template.php). Then just change the files however you want.
December 6, 2010You know... I had considered the same thing but, since I was only beginning with Drupal, I thought it best not to go poking that hornets nest at the time.
Looking back; who cares if Zen updates a theme which you are customizing anyway. It's not like it is a module. Plus, one could always just install the new Zen theme again with ease if one wanted to go back.
I think I'll do the same as you from now on. It sure seems a lot easier than trying to decipher all those overide functions (at least for a php novice like myself).
txs again.
January 11, 2011Do you mind if I quote a couple of your posts as long as I provide credit and sources back to your website? My blog is in the very same niche as yours and my visitors would genuinely benefit from a lot of the information you provide here. Please let me know if this alright with you. Regards!
January 15, 2011Hi Queenie,
Feel free to link to my website and quote excepts, but please do not duplicate the posts in full.
Thanks for reading!
-Isaac
January 15, 2011This is fantastic! I have created numerous "About Us" pages for a church site, and having the title displayed was simply redundant.
I had a bit of trouble getting it to affect my pages for the longest time, then finally realized... "I bet I didn't clear my registry since I created the page.tpl.php file in my sub-theme." So I did, and it works like a charm!
I hope this comment helps someone else who is as frustrated as I was.
April 5, 2011I found this module useful.
April 28, 2011Thank you very much Bryan! That works great!
September 11, 2011great thanx a million. it worked for but i had to put the code in node.tpl instead of the page.tpl. I have a different them for front page and another for the rest of the pages.
November 14, 2011It's much easier than all that code now! I just use the module called "Exclude Title From Display"...
November 21, 2011Yuss!!
This is an awesome tutorial works like a charm! I just managed to implement it on my site as well. Thanks man!
November 25, 2011Thank you for putting this in life. Coped with "About us" problem within 2 minutes!
I read your post about "How to Make Optionally Hide Node Titles in Drupal (Using CCK)" and I evaluated it very interesting but unfortunately it don't work for me.
I have made all the change in drupal and i think that the problem is in my page.tpl.php.
Can you see my code (if i understand where is the problem i can share your metod with italian drupal community)?