What does the Template Hooks means?

[Christian8a]

Pardon my knowledge, but what does all those template hooks mean?

$template_hook[profile_right_first]

I see they are on the profile alot like here

$template_hook[profile_right_first]
$blocks[stats_mini]
$template_hook[profile_right_mini]
$blocks[albums]

and how important they are, what if you remove them?

[Wayne Luke]

They are input points for addons and plugins that enable coders to add custom template modifications without having to actually modify the template code. You shouldn't remove them as they will not appear in the final output if not used and they do not use any additional resources.

[mtha]

They are input points for addons and plugins that enable coders to add custom template modifications without having to actually modify the template code. You shouldn't remove them as they will not appear in the final output if not used and they do not use any additional resources.

Wayne,

I have few question about the template_hooks

is there any place that has instruction on how to use template hooks?

is there any function similar to plugin, for template hooks, that we can add a template, and it tight with some template_hook location?

is there a list of template_hooks somewhere?

[Lynne]

This is an old list: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=147447

At the bottom, there is an example of how to add some text into a template hook.

[mtha]

Thanks, u2lynne