Textpattern CMS

#1 2006-01-06 20:24:54

KurtRaschke

Plugin Author

Registered: 2004-05-16

Posts: 275

Inline form definition

I’d like to announce to the forum a patch I’ve put together which allows you to define article and link forms inside the <txp:article /> or <txp:linklist /> tag, like so:

• <txp:article><txp:title /><br /></txp:article>
• <txp:linklist><txp:linkdesctitle /></txp:linklist>

I find it useful for short forms; it keeps one from having to hop between the “page” and “form” tabs constantly. I think it also makes page templates a little more readable. Instead of looking at a template and seeing <txp:article form="frontpage" /> and having to ask yourself, “Now what does that form do?”, you can instead see:

<txp:article><h3><txp:title /></h3><txp:excerpt /></txp:article>

and know at once how the content will be rendered.

I suppose theoretically there might be some speed gain as well; for an inline-defined form TXP won’t have to fetch the form out of the database.

Of course, the <txp:article />, <txp:article_custom />, and <txp:linklist /> tags continue to function normally when used without an inline form.

-Kurt

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kurt@kurtraschke.com