Front-end controller overrides not working for PS 1.7.0.5

[tinman47]

Front-end controller overrides that worked for 1.6 don't translate over to 1.7 - Here is my about page controller code located in root/controllers/front

 

It keeps returning a "No Template found error", but its in the directory

 

AboutPageController.php:

<?php

  /*  The classname here will be the name of the controller  */
  class AboutPageController extends FrontController {
 
    public function init(){
      parent::init();
    }
     
    public function initContent(){
      parent::initContent();
      $this->setTemplate(dirname(__FILE__).'/templates/about.tpl');
    }
 
  /*  The following code portion is optional.
   *  Remove the double-slashes to activate the portion
   *  if you want to use external stylesheet and JavaScript for the page.
   *  Create the CSS and JS files in the css and js directories of the theme accordingly
   */
   
  public function setMedia(){
      //parent::setMedia();
      //$this->addCSS(_THEME_CSS_DIR_.'custom-page.css');
      //$this->addJS(_THEME_JS_DIR_.'custom-page.js');

    parent::setMedia();
    $this->addCSS('custom_pages/custom-styles.css');
    $this->addJS('custom_pages/custom-script.js');
  }
    
}

[bellini13]

What is AboutPageController?  This does not appear to be a core controller, so why are you trying to override it?

[Xpert-Idea]

AboutPageController is not available on the prestashop 1.7.x.x version.

 

but you have to need set template like  this : 

 

$this->setTemplate('about');

 

and you have to need create a about.tpl file on your theme templates directory

[bellini13]

AboutPageController is not available on the prestashop 1.7.x.x version.

 

AboutPageController is not available in ANY Prestashop version.  This must be a custom controller that you created, in which case you should not be using an override.  You should create a module that has a controller.

[tinman47]

@Xpert-Idea: $this->setTemplate('about');

 

Ah so that partially worked. Put the .tpl template into the theme root and "templates" folder and now it works, but it is not loading any styles.

Edited February 28, 2017 by tinman47 (see edit history)

[tinman47]

Figured it out. Its a little more involved than I thought.  Here's the solution in case anyone is trying to figure it out:

 

Create AboutPageController.php and place inside root/controllers/front/ (You can place into a folder in this directory if you like).Here is the code for AboutPageController.php:

<?php

  /*  The classname here will be the name of the controller  */
  class AboutPageController extends FrontController {
 
    public function init(){
      parent::init();
    }
     
    public function initContent(){
      parent::initContent();
      $this->setTemplate('about');
    }
    
}

Now go into your theme, and add the .tpl file into root/themes/current_theme/templates - In this case I'm adding about.tpl:

{extends file='page.tpl'}

{block name='page_header_container'}{/block}

{block name='page_content'}

{* Page content *}

{/block}

All HTML and page content goes into the block named "page_content". Now with that completed, go into your backend for Prestashop, go into "Traffic & SEO" and  add a new page, then find your page and set whatever the rewrite is.

 

And the final step (there are so many steps), is to go into app/cache/dev (or prod depending on what your environment is set to) -  and delete the file class_index.php - That should be it.

[bellini13]

You shouldn't do it this way, as I mentioned before, you should create a module that has a controller, this way you properly separate your customization from the Core of Prestashop.