Re: Different section looks

On Dec 5, 2003, at 12:08 PM, Joe Stewart wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 10:49:03AM -0600, Joshua A Udall wrote:
>>
>> I like the way phpslash works and I'm comfortable with the more or 
>> less
>> default install (http://plantbreeding.org) but I'd like to be able to 
>> post
>> stories into different sections and give them a different look.  For
>> example, I want to make an event calendar section.  The "story" would 
>> need
>> a start date and end date.  In the calendar view, one would see all 
>> the
>> events sorted by start date.  The story box would only include dates, 
>> Title
>> (linked to a conference website or whatever), and location.  Just a 
>> simple
>> list with the list of events.
>>
>
> Sort of ditracted right now.  Maybe someone else will chime in.

Chiming away...I also have little time, but it's a good question.
>> To do this, my thoughts are as follows:
>>
>> simply add the additional fields to the story table and modify the 
>> "submit
>> story" and "edit_story" accordingly. (perhaps best would be a edit 
>> calender
>> link and not mess with the functioning story forms).
>>
>
> extending to create a calendar module might be best.

Yeah, I agree.  But is "event" an extension of the story class or are 
they both extensions of another class?  I keep threatening to add my 
file-publishing module for binary downloads, and I got to thinking 
about the same thing.  Articles, events, files, these are all 
subclasses of a "resource" --something that can be accessed by URL.

Maybe in DB terms there isn't much of a difference in perspective.  But 
we might save some code by abstracting story_base and extending for 
other resources.

This is probably for the development list...

> If you just need a few more fields for all stories, you can use the
> story_default_options mechanism.
>
>> create a very simple "fancybox.tpl" how I like it
>>
>
> You should be able to set an alternate story template for any story.
>
> the option would be:
>
> 	tpl	tplnamewithnoextension
>
> Unfortunately in 0.7.2 this only applies to the article view, not the
> section index page.  This should be fixed in 0.8.
>
>> How do I have the calendar section use simplebox.tpl while the home 
>> section
>> uses fancybox.tpl?
>>
>
> A few different ways in 0.8
>
> in 0.7.2  you might be able to set the template in the index and 
> article
> scripts iff the section_id == calendar_section_id.
>
>> Any better ways to do it?
>>
>
> Probably, this was just throwing out some ideas.
>
>
> Joe
>
>>
>> Joshua Udall
>> Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
>> Iowa State University
>> Ames, IA 50011
>> Ph: (515) 294-7098
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>>
>>
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