Creating a view block inside a fieldset using templates

Question

I am trying to create a new .tpl.php for some of my views. I know how to create the file and display the elements the way I want, but only by changing the default views-view.tpl.php which would change the way all my views are displayed.

Supposedly I should be creating a new file by looking at Theme: Information and giving it one of the names available that would be something like: views-view--VIEW-NAME.tpl.php, but when I do this and leave the file in the theme folder in the views module and press "Rescan template files" it doesn't detect it.

Should I put the file in a different location?

FYI: What I am trying to do is place my views content inside a fieldset, something like this:

<fieldset class="fieldset collapsible form-wrapper"
 <legend>
   <span class="fieldset-legend">
     <a class="fieldset-title">
       <?php print $header;?>
     </a>
   </span>
 </legend>
 <div class="fieldset-wrapper">
    <?php if ($rows): ?>
        <div class="view-content">
          <?php print $rows; ?>
        </div>
    <?php elseif ($empty): ?>
        <div class="view-empty">
            <?php print $empty; ?>
        </div>
    <?php endif; ?>

    <?php if ($pager): ?>
        <?php print $pager; ?>
    <?php endif; ?>    

 </div>

As I said this is working, I am just trying to put it in a different .tpl.php file and apply it only to certain views. Also if there is an easy way of making the fieldset collapsible that would be useful, although not essential.

Answer 1

Put the template file in your themes directory not views theme directory. It will detect it there. I like to have a views directory inside the themes template directory to organize view template files. I mimic views naming convention for a directory structure so views-view-fields--brands--default.tpl.php and views-view-grid--brands--default.tpl.php would go in:

views/brands/default

It's a nice way to keep the files organized.

Answer 2

Drupal 6 has Viewfield (http://drupal.org/project/viewfield). I think this would help you with what you want to do. There is a issue with discussion of porting to D7 and somebody has even released an initial D7 port that you could try out. See that queue here: http://drupal.org/node/704014

It allows you to setup views with a content type and define what params you want to allow the user to control or if you want them to do anything at all with the view.