I am working on a module for Drupal 7. I have a template defined for my content type as node--[content type].tpl.php and placed it in the "themes/[selected theme]/template" directory. I want to keep this template in my "module" directory instead. So when the module is installed I don't have to place the file in to the selected theme folder every time. Is there a way to do this?
Thank you all in advance.
I have less than 10 rep so I cant answer my own question so I'll just modify the question
The following is working for me some how. For both case node edit form view and node view
function [content type]_theme() {
return array(
'[content type]_node_form' => array(
'arguments' => array(
'form' => NULL,
),
'template' => 'node--[content type]--edit',
'render element' => 'form',
),
'node__[content type]' => array (
'variables' => array(),
'template' => 'node--[content type]' ,
'base hook' => 'node',
'path' => "sites/all/modules/[content type]_update/[content type]_update/[content type]/",
),
);
}
I don't completely understand this but it's working.
This link should get you going: http://www.wdtutorials.com/2011/06/13/drupal-7-how-create-custom-theme#.U6sZ741dXag
You basically want to create a new custom theme. In addition to the above tutorial, create a new folder 'templates' and add your .tpl files in there instead of the core themes folder.