plugins can now define a templates directory which gets compiled onload without requiring any hooks

src/middleware/index.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ var templates = require('./../../public/src/templates'),
 	translator = require('./../../public/src/translator'),
 	utils = require('./../../public/src/utils'),
 	meta = require('./../meta'),
+	plugins = require('./../plugins'),
 	db = require('./../database'),
 	auth = require('./../routes/authentication'),
 	async = require('async'),
@@ -81,13 +82,14 @@ function routeCurrentTheme(app, themeData) {
 	}
 }
 
-function compileTemplates() {
+function compileTemplates(pluginTemplates) {
 	var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 
 	winston.info('[themes] Compiling templates');
+
 	utils.walk(nconf.get('base_templates_path'), function(err, baseTpls) {
 		utils.walk(nconf.get('theme_templates_path'), function (err, themeTpls) {
-			var paths = {};
+			var paths = pluginTemplates;
 
 			baseTpls = baseTpls.map(function(tpl) { return tpl.replace(nconf.get('base_templates_path'), ''); });
 			themeTpls = themeTpls.map(function(tpl) { return tpl.replace(nconf.get('theme_templates_path'), ''); });
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ function compileTemplates() {
 				}
 			});
 		});
-	});
+	});	
 }
 
 function handleErrors(err, req, res, next) {
@@ -216,7 +218,10 @@ module.exports = function(app, data) {
 
 		routeCurrentTheme(app, data.currentThemeData);
 		routeThemeScreenshots(app, data.themesData);
-		compileTemplates();
+
+		plugins.getTemplates(function(err, pluginTemplates) {
+			compileTemplates(pluginTemplates);
+		});
 
 		app.use(app.router);
 

src/plugins.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 
 	db = require('./database'),
 	meta = require('./meta'),
+	utils = require('./../public/src/utils'),
 	pkg = require('../package.json');
 
 (function(Plugins) {
@@ -388,7 +389,30 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 				});
 			});
 		});
-	}
+	};
+
+	Plugins.getTemplates = function(callback) {
+		var templates = {};
+
+		Plugins.showInstalled(function(err, plugins) {
+			async.each(plugins, function(plugin, next) {
+				if (plugin.templates && plugin.id) {
+					var templatesPath = path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules', plugin.id, plugin.templates);
+					utils.walk(templatesPath, function(err, pluginTemplates) {
+						pluginTemplates.forEach(function(pluginTemplate) {
+							templates[pluginTemplate.replace(templatesPath, '').substring(1)] = pluginTemplate;
+						});
+
+						next(err);
+					});
+				} else {
+					next(false);
+				}
+			}, function(err) {
+				callback(err, templates);
+			});
+		});
+	};
 
 	Plugins.showInstalled = function(callback) {
 		npmPluginPath = path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules');
@@ -456,5 +480,5 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 		], function(err, plugins) {
 			callback(err, plugins);
 		});
-	}
+	};
 }(exports));

src/routes/api.js

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function getModerators(req, res, next) {
 
 function getTemplatesListing(req, res, next) {
 	utils.walk(nconf.get('views_dir'), function (err, data) {
-		data = data.concat(require('./plugins').getCustomTemplates())
+		data = data
 				.filter(function(value, index, self) {
 					return self.indexOf(value) === index;
 				}).map(function(el) {

src/routes/plugins.js

@@ -183,12 +183,4 @@ module.exports = function(app, middleware, controllers) {
 
 	setupPluginRoutes(app);
 	setupPluginAdminRoutes(app);
-
-	return {
-		getCustomTemplates: function() {
-			pluginRoutes.templates.map(function(tpl) {
-				return tpl.template;
-			});
-		}
-	};
 };