I'm not sure where is the problem, but can't you just define every changing part in your template as variables and assign them as needed from php? If you need to change the image url, just make it a variable, like in background:url(images/{$img}) Then you just assign the variable as needed in each file: //template1.php $img = 'mi_image_1.gif'; $smarty->assign( 'img', $img ); //template2.php $img = 'mi_image_2.gif'; $smarty->assign( 'img', $img ); That way you don't need to use the {if} inside smarty and make your template lighter. ________________________________ De: Sudhakar <sudhakararaog@xxxxxxxxx> Para: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Enviado: vie,6 noviembre, 2009 00:14 Asunto: question about smarty i am using smarty template engine at work place, following is the situation i already have 1 template that has already been created example = http://localhost/sites/template1.com this works fine following is the folder structure i have for smarty on xampp 1. C:\xampp\htdocs\sites\template1.com where i have .htaccess index.php and siteconf.php 2. C:\xampp\htdocs\sites\_templates\templates\template1 in the siteconf.php file there are all the major variables defined which are accessed in other tpl file of the templates example in aboutus page, contactus page etc of this template1 now i have created another template called template2 and this also has the same structure 1. C:\xampp\htdocs\sites\template2.com where i have .htaccess index.php and siteconf.php 2. C:\xampp\htdocs\sites\_templates\templates\template2 my question is the look and feel when i access http://localhost/sites/template1.com and http://localhost/sites/template2.com is the same the only thing that needs to be done is for template2 when i access http://localhost/sites/template2.com ONLY the header image should be different compared to the header i have for http://localhost/sites/template1.com this is the only change i need i am not aware as to the php code i need to write so that when i access http://localhost/sites/template2.com the header image changes and this new header image remains for the entire pages of http://localhost/sites/template2.com presently in header.tpl of template1 is written as follows {if strpos($Data.KEYWORD,"rv rental") === false} <div class="header" style="background:url(images/header_{$siteData.COUNTRY3}.gif) no-repeat top left;"> {else} <div class="header" style="background:url(images/header_{$siteData.COUNTRY3}_rv.gif) no-repeat top left;"> {/if} </div> so i need to chane the {if} {else} where i need to mention that if i am accessing http://localhost/sites/template2.com then the header image should be different. any help will be greatly appreciated. please advice. thanks.