Re: Draft: Updated Xaraya Style Guide

Marty Vance wrote:
> 
> 
> One of the things I did during the election (besides making a ton of
> icons) was to put together a new Style Guide for Xaraya. It discusses
> how Xaraya organizes CSS, explains usage of the well known required
> classes, talks about how modules and themes interact and complement each
> other, presents some general user interface design best practices, and
> more.
> 
> Some may remember the style guide Mikespub wrote years ago, but this one
> is completely new, and takes a more general approach.
> 
> I am seeking feedback, additions, and corrections so that all interested
> people can benefit from it.
> 
> http://www.xaraya.com/~dracos/style_guide.html
> 
> See also http://www.xaraya.com/index.php/xarbb/topic/3342



Posted this in IRC to you yesterday, but as suggested by others, posting
here:

[5:17pm] jojo: Please update your xarTplStyleLInk() in your style guide
[5:18pm] jojo: it was deprecated some years ago
[5:18pm] jojo: use <xar:style /> tag

[6:18pm] jojo: Dracos: "Note that due to the way Xaraya processes page
templates, Module CSS cannot be automatically added this way from block
code or templates."
[6:16pm] jojo: yes it can
[6:16pm] jojo: using the <xar:style /> tag
[6:16pm] jojo: however
[6:16pm] jojo: those blocks need to be defined, as a variable before the
<xar:additional-styles /> in the page template
[6:16pm] jojo: see the Xaraya_Classic page template - it's fully
documented there
[6:16pm] jojo: default.xt
[6:17pm] jojo: just set the blocks as a variable before the
<xar:additional-styles /> tag, and the blocks/block groups can be used
anywhere in the tempalte
[6:17pm] jojo: the module css for the blocks will work then if the
module blocks are defined specifically, or generall (left blocks w/e) in
the page template

[6:18pm] jojo: so - that's an additional note for you - in additon to
the need to remove your reference to xarTplAddStyleLink() and replace
with <xar:style / tag


For reference, xarTplStyleLink was marked for deprecation after version
1.0.0RC3 July 2005.

Here is a link to the documentation on the style tag if you want more
information on it for your guide:

http://xaraya.com/index.php/documentation/514


Jo

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