[howto] Using Forms to Simplify Site Administration

amyng · 2007-01-13 13:31:24

mrdale, it think it would be a great idea, me being a newbie. In one way, it would cut down a lot of questions from noobs like us! :)

marios · 2007-01-13 18:17:14

@mrdale, I think mary was talking about ALL the examples stuff, that is in this forum, that otherwise would get lost.

( There’s lot of excellent posts and older examples, and it has been requested a while ago)

Is that so ? Or may be I was misunderstood something.

regards, marios

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DigitalRealm · 2007-01-13 20:25:42

maniqui,

I use the ob1_if_section because it gives better control than the standard txp tag. For instance, with the ob1_if_section, you can specify multiple sections which greatly cuts down on code. I do not believe that the default txp tag will do this. I can also build a form or whatever and say section=”!blog”, which will output that form to every section except for the blog.

Last edited by DigitalRealm (2007-01-13 20:27:00)

maniqui · 2007-01-13 20:47:47

Hi DigitalRealm,

txp:if_section does accept multiples values (sections) in the name attribute.

Mary · 2007-01-15 07:22:00

I think mary was talking about ALL the examples stuff, that is in this forum, that otherwise would get lost.

Yes, exactly. A forum, as you pointed out, is not conducive for storing any kind of documentation or how-to; stuff gets easily outdated, the author abandons it… etc, etc.

hcgtv · 2007-01-15 16:21:49

Mary wrote:

A forum, as you pointed out, is not conducive for storing any kind of documentation or how-to;….

What I’d like to see one day, is a Send to Wiki extension for PunBB. You come across a forum topic that deserves to make it into your Wiki of choice, click the button or link, and a screen pops up with the topic all formatted with wiki syntax. Then it’s just a matter of copy/pasting it into your project’s or personal wiki.

One can dream :)

Destry · 2007-01-26 11:50:42

mrdale wrote:

Idea: TXP Live Examples Site.

I think it’s a great idea. It is similar, in fact, to one of the original ideas for TextBook, where a wiki Chapter would basically describe a complete site built with TxP, one for each type (Weblog, Photo gallery, Ecommerce, etc.); however, due to whatever reasons absolutely zero people chipped in on it.

I think this would be different though. In fact I think having two such sites as you suggest would be a good idea to separate core functionality techniques from plugin functionality, otherwise it will get out of control from a documentation standpoint (my opinion). (A demo plugin site that demoed each favorites plugin would be a lot of work in itself. Just ask Net-Carver about his incredible MLP pack demo site. Yeah, lot of work.)

@Amy: Hi Amy, nice to see you here. Your site is looking great, sorry I haven’t replied yet. Not enough hours in the day for me.

Last edited by Destry (2007-01-26 11:53:36)

masa · 2007-10-11 13:34:08

Mary wrote:

The idea is to port this forum to the WIKI.

Has this fine idea come to fruition yet?

Cheers Martin

obeewan · 2007-12-28 00:41:16

maniqui wrote:

txp:if_section does accept multiples values (sections) in the name attribute.

But it does not support negate, as in !notthissection, as my plugin does. So it still has a usage.

els · 2007-12-28 16:37:41

obeewan wrote:

But it does not support negate, as in !notthissection, as my plugin does. So it still has a usage.

<txp:if_section name="notthissection">
<!-- do nothing -->
<txp:else />
blah blah
</txp:if_section>

:)

obeewan · 2007-12-31 05:52:46

True Els, there is else. (Yeah, that sounded funny in my head when I wrote it ;)

But it will add more code then needed. Allthough, adding plugins do to.

Shall we end this it at 1-all? ;)

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