Smarty Templates for Nova

Smarty Templates provides comprehensive syntax highlighting for Smarty template files (.tpl) in Nova.

Features

This extension provides full syntax highlighting support for:

Smarty Template Syntax

• Control structures ({if}, {else}, {elseif}, {foreach}, {for}, {while}, {switch}, {case})
• Variables and properties ({$variable}, {$user.name}, {$item.id})
• Built-in functions ({assign}, {block}, {capture}, {include}, {extends})
• Variable modifiers/filters (|upper, |lower, |date_format, |escape, etc.)
• Comments ({* Smarty comment *})
• Literal blocks ({literal}...{/literal})
• Double and single brace syntax ({{variable}} and {variable})

Embedded Language Support

• HTML - Full support for HTML tags, attributes, and entities
• CSS - Syntax highlighting for styles within <style> tags
• JavaScript - Syntax highlighting for scripts within <script> tags

Installation

From Extension Library

1. Open Nova
2. Go to Extensions → Extension Library
3. Search for "Smarty Templates"
4. Click Install

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest release
2. Double-click the .novaextension file
3. Nova will install it automatically

Usage

Files with the .tpl extension will automatically use Smarty syntax highlighting.

Issues & Contributions

Found a bug or have a feature request? Please open an issue on GitHub.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Version 1.0.4

• Update image in README for Smarty Templates

Version 1.0.4

• Fixing HTML tag closing

Version 1.0.3

• Improved description with keywords for better searchability (tpl, PHP, templating)

Version 1.0.2

• Updated homepage link to Coderium website

Version 1.0.1

• Fixed repository links in extension metadata

Version 1.0.0

Initial release

MIT License

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