Use locate_template instead of TEMPLATEPATH to Include Files in a BuddyPress Child Theme

8 Comments

1. alan on March 6, 2010 at 3:57 am

   thanks this works perfect…

   thanks for sharing.this is why I like wordpress ,community is awesome!

   
   
   
2. Marco on March 8, 2010 at 7:28 am

   Hello, I’m facing some problem with this method, I tried to use a hook in child functions.php so I won’t touch files directly, but that didn’t work. Could you drop me a line via mail so I can show you what I’ve done and maybe show me where’s the error.

   
   
   
3. Toby on March 8, 2010 at 1:40 pm

   Marco,

   Can you explain a little bit more?

   So far, I have only used the “locate_template” hook from a child theme’s page and post template files, so I can’t vouch for how it might work in the functions.php file.

   
   
   
4. Marco on March 9, 2010 at 4:43 am

   Hello, here’s what I’ve done in functions.php (shouty is the site theme name):

   /*define constant*/
   define(‘SHOUTY_DIR’, STYLESHEETPATH);

   then:
   /*here we insert, after the regular sidebar, Shouty’s left sidebar*/
   add_action(‘bp_after_sidebar’, ‘shouty_include_sidebar_left’);
   function shouty_include_sidebar_left() {
   require(SHOUTY_DIR.’/sidebar_left.php’);
   }

   But this does not load the sidebar_left.php givin an error of file/folder not found in child theme dir, even though is actually there and I can’t figure why. I use this method with frameworks like Hybrid, Thematic and the new Genesis and it always works well.

   ps. I tried hardcoding but doesn’t work either.

   
   
   
   • Toby on March 15, 2010 at 11:08 pm

     Marco,
     Have you tried using include( TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/sidebar-index.php’ ); rather than define(‘SHOUTY_DIR’, STYLESHEETPATH); ?

     
     
     
5. Marco on March 16, 2010 at 1:42 am

   Yes I did it at first.
   TEMPLATEPATH leads you into the parent theme, giving the error of file/dir not found. Quite the same error as STYLESHEETPATH, this time from the child theme’s dir.

   
   
   
6. Toby on March 16, 2010 at 8:17 am

   Marco,
   Will the path work properly if you include your code in the template itself (i.e. index.php rather than in functions.php)?

   
   
   
7. dreamdrivendesigns on October 12, 2010 at 7:40 pm

   Thanks for the tip on inlcude templatepath not working in BuddyPress, I encounter this problem myself. Was looking for a solution. Thanks