- Added option to control placement of sidebar(s).

themes/xtemplate/xtemplate.theme

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 
 function xtemplate_settings() {
-  $output = form_textarea("Message on front page", "xtemplate_message", variable_get("xtemplate_message", "edit message"), 70, 6, "This text will be displayed on the front page.  It can be used to display a mission statement, announcement or site description..");
+  $output  = form_select("Sidebar placement", "xtemplate_sidebar", variable_get("xtemplate_sidebar", "right"), array("none" => t("No sidebars"), "left" => t("Sidebar on the left"), "right" => t("Sidebar on the right"), "both" => t("Sidebar on the left and the right")));
+  $output .= form_textarea("Message on front page", "xtemplate_message", variable_get("xtemplate_message", "edit message"), 70, 6, "This text will be displayed on the front page.  It can be used to display a mission statement, announcement or site description..");
   $output .= form_textarea("Primary links", "xtemplate_primary_links", variable_get("xtemplate_primary_links", l("edit primary links", "admin/system/themes/xtemplate")), 70, 6, "The primary links.");
   $output .= form_textarea("Secondary links", "xtemplate_secondary_links", variable_get("xtemplate_secondary_links", l("edit secondary links", "admin/system/themes/xtemplate")), 70, 6, "The secondary links.");
   $output .= form_select("Search box", "xtemplate_search_box", variable_get("xtemplate_search_box", 0), array(t("Disabled"), t("Enabled")), "Show a search box in the upper right corner.");
-  return $output;
+ return $output;
 }
 
 class Theme_xtemplate extends BaseTheme {
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ class Theme_xtemplate extends BaseTheme {
       include_once("themes/xtemplate/xtemplate.inc");
     }
 
+    $this->sidebar = variable_get("xtemplate_sidebar", "right");
+
     $this->template = new XTemplate("themes/xtemplate/xtemplate.xtmpl");
     $this->template->SetNullBlock(" ");  // "" doesnt work!
   }
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ class Theme_xtemplate extends BaseTheme {
       "primary_links" => variable_get("xtemplate_primary_links", l("edit primary links", "admin/system/themes/xtemplate")),
       "secondary_links" => variable_get("xtemplate_secondary_links", l("edit secondary links", "admin/system/themes/xtemplate"))
     ));
+
     if (variable_get("xtemplate_search_box", 1)) {
       $this->template->assign(array(
         //"search" => search_form(),
@@ -94,8 +98,26 @@ class Theme_xtemplate extends BaseTheme {
       $this->template->parse("header.message");
     }
 
+    ob_start();
+
+    if ($this->sidebar == "left") {
+      theme_blocks("all");
+    }
+    else if ($this->sidebar == "both") {
+      theme_blocks("left");
+    }
+
+    if ($blocks = ob_get_contents()) {
+      $this->template->assign("blocks", $blocks);
+      $this->template->parse("header.blocks");
+    }
+
+    ob_end_clean();
+
     $this->template->parse("header");
     print $this->template->text("header");
+
+
   }
 
   function block($title, $content, $region = "main") {
@@ -122,15 +144,23 @@ class Theme_xtemplate extends BaseTheme {
   }
 
   function footer() {
-    // unfortunately, theme_blocks PRINTS the blocks instead of RETURNING them.
-    // so we need some output buffering
+
     ob_start();
-    theme_blocks("all");
+
+    if ($this->sidebar == "right") {
+      theme_blocks("all");
+    }
+    else if ($this->sidebar == "both") {
+      theme_blocks("right");
+    }
+
     if ($blocks = ob_get_contents()) {
       $this->template->assign("blocks", $blocks);
       $this->template->parse("footer.blocks");
     }
+
     ob_end_clean();
+
     $this->template->assign( array(
       "footer_message" => variable_get("site_footer", ""),
       "footer" => theme_footer()

themes/xtemplate/xtemplate.xtmpl

@@ -32,11 +32,16 @@
 </table>
 <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="header">
   <tr>
+    <!-- BEGIN: blocks -->
+      <td valign="top" id="sidebar">
+        {blocks}
+      </td>
+    <!-- END: blocks -->
     <td valign="top">
       <!-- BEGIN: message -->
         <div id="message">{header_message}</div>
       <!-- END: message -->
-      <div id="main">
+     <div id="main">
 <!-- END: header -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN: node -->