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Re: Regarding Community-Driven Sites with TXP
jm wrote:
I think creating separate tables would be a much better idea.
Good point. Told you I’d not thought it through properly!
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Re: Regarding Community-Driven Sites with TXP
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jm wrote:
it might be worthwhile to see how Symphony implements these.
I find Symphony intriguing in concept, and humbling to learn :-)
I like the paradigm shift that eliminates the distinction between “front end” and “back end” in Symphony 2.x beta . I love the simplicity and power of Txp and its tags. I’ve thought on several occasions about what would happen if the two ideas met and become one.
I realize it probably is not practical, or even possible (I’m one of the non-programmers).
But imagine the possibilities if the back end was implemented as tags. Want users in the front end? there’s a tag for that, and it can be used anywhere. It comes standard in the Admin tab, but feel free to put it on a “front” end page. Need to have a place to enter data in custom fields, or want to edit an article directly? No problem, do it from the front end if you like.
On the back side, think of the power of being able to customize almost any tab. All the threads discussing re-deigned backends and admin themes could be eliminated because their needs could met as easily as designing any txp driven web page.
In my mind’s eye, there’s a standard layout shipped “out of the box”. Then you add or delete the tags on any back end page to make it what your heart desires.
Want to have custom fields available on a write page? It’s just a tag you add. Want to hide it from some users? Wrap the custom field tag in a conditional tag. Want the excerpt on top? It’s just a tag – move it wherever you want. Or eliminate completely.
Some of the dashboard hacks/plugins even have a tease at this.
Oh well. Day dreaming over. Back to reality LOL
Peace
Mike
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Re: Regarding Community-Driven Sites with TXP
Bloke wrote:
Yeah, the usual triumvirate that is ign_password_protect, mem_self_register and zem_contact_reborn (and/or mem_form to make it a quadrumvirate).
Thanks for the clarification.
to be fair, MLP lives on thanks to Graeme’s patch for the time being and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future if I have anything to say about it. The trouble with MLP is that it’s actually a massive hack. Even a daily build of TXP can (and does) break it :-(
You and Graeme — Aces!
Massive hack — joker.
Talk to jstubbs. I think he’s done something similar for the snoooz tennis site (I think).
Thanks for the tip.
/* light bulb turns on */
Hey, maybe it’s in TXP Tips…
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