Virtual Template

[Nico Knoll]

Hey,

what I really would like to have are "virtual templates". It's already possible if you create a template via api but not via the admin backend.

What is a "virtual template"?

A virtual template is a template using a fieldset of an other template. So you can't define fields for it but you can create special template files instead of building a switch function into your template file.

For example:

For example you have a "grid" template which contains an image field and two textfields. Now you want to have a grid-sport and a grid-food gallery. But you want to have different appearances for them even if they need the same fieldset.

Shouldn't be hard to implement and could make a handy addition

[Soma]

Turn on config advanced mode, create template and select fieldgroup from another templates fieldgroup to share the fields but have a new template.

[bernhard]

now what i found by coincidence makes sense, thank you

https://processwire.com/talk/topic/10114-fieldgroups-inheriting-fields/

[Martijn Geerts]

Or download and install fieldtypeSelectFile. You can asign an other template file for that page to render.

http://modules.processwire.com/modules/fieldtype-select-file/

[renobird]

Or download and install fieldtypeSelectFile. You can asign an other template file for that page to render.

http://modules.processwire.com/modules/fieldtype-select-file/

I can't recommend that module enough.