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Embedding a block element in a theme, css and js not loaded.

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I'm trying to add a block element to the header of my theme.
The block is located here
ROOT->blocks-><blockname> and the block-template is
ROOT->blocks-><blockname>->templates-><template_name>-> files: view.php, view.js, view.css

In my themes header.php I've added this code:
$bt = BlockType::getByHandle( '<block_name>' );
$bt->controller->displayPages         = 'top';
$bt->controller->orderBy              = 'display_asc';
$bt->controller->displaySubPages      = 'all';
$bt->controller->displaySubPageLevels = 'all';
$bt->render( "templates/<template_name>/view" );


The css and js are not loaded.

What am I doing wrong?

If I add the block-element to the page through the admin interface, the js and css is loaded as expected.

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Morten Sjøgren
Developer at AdMad
 
mabs replied on at Permalink Reply
Ups, broke the path in my post

Should have been
ROOT->blocks->BLOCK_NAME and the block-template is
ROOT->blocks->BLOCK_NAME->templates->TEMPLATE_NAME-> files: view.php, view.js, view.css
mabs replied on at Permalink Reply
The reason I use
$bt->render( "templates/<template_name>/view" );


Is because that
$bt->render( "templates/<template_name>" );


Doesn't work, this is because that "templates/<template_name>" becomes "templates/<template_name>.php" in BlockView::render which isn't a dir.
mabs replied on at Permalink Reply
With Concrete5.5 we have a GlobalArea that makes that I did in my initial post unnecessary.

Simply add a GlobalArea to your theme and add the block-element to it through normal editing.

Much easier and much cleaner, thanks for adding it.