Re: greetings...

On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 02:46, josh wrote:
> > 
> > Instead I personally think the theme/skin designers should handle the
> > look and layout based on the theme engine and let the block or module
> > developer concentrate on providing it's respective functions or service.
> > But that's just my opinion.
> > 
> 
> I think the theme developer should provide a default look and feel that
> the module can inherit, but the module developer should have the option
> and capability to override it.  And as far as layout goes, maybe we're
> talking about two different things.  Say I develop a module that allows
> users to add and view events...Well to add, there needs to be a form and
> when viewing, I want the event listing content to be formatted a
> particular way.  The theme developer doesn't know how those things
> should be formatted, you follow?  So it makes sense for me to have a
> module-level template for inclusion to describe what that layout should
> look like.  Of course, the same goes for blocks.  Now if I'm missing
> something, please be so kind as to educate me.
> 

This is where I think we disagree. The look and layout is left to the
website owner not the block or module developer. So by utilizing the
theme engine and it's templates the website owner controls what the
layout and look is.

Following that basic premise I see no way you can allow a block or
module developer to exercise control over the layout and look of any
website. Templates or otherwise. For example a block is a block and a
module is a module..they both offer a function to your website. 

The theme/skin and theme engine offer the look, layout and feel of the
website. So on a more basic level the block/modules deliver content
while the theme/skin and theme engine control the presentation. This is
a separation of content and presentation that has to exist regardless of
the theme engine one ultimately decides to use.

> 
> > I believe I saw your post to the pn-dev list and I think it was
> > responded to that current PN peolpe are dropping BL in favor of a
> > different template driven theme engine called FastTemplates.
> 
> More vaporware, eh?
> 

No this time I think FastTemplates is a real entity.

> > 
> > Yes. They have been established and the docs are available here:
> > 
> > http://www.envolution.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=listarticles&secid=5
> > 
> 
> sweet.  i'll check out those documents and provide you with hopefully
> relevant and useful feedback.  
> 
Enjoy!

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