hcg_templates

hcgtv · 2008-07-20 04:06:01

Decided to simplify my life a bit and shut down some domains.

The hcg_templates plugin has been moved to a wiki page.

I went back and updated all of my posts in this forum that mentioned the plugin, to point to it’s new location.

Edit: Version 0.4 for Textpattern 4.3.0 is available.

Last edited by hcgtv (2010-11-15 15:40:39)

MattD · 2008-08-27 21:42:56

Bert, I’m trying to import a template that I exported from my dev site to my production site. It imports the css but not the pages or forms. There are no errors.
This is the output

...
Exporting CSS Rules
Successfully exported CSS Rules 'default' to '.../preimport-data/style/default.css' 
Importing Page Files
Importing Form Files
Importing CSS Rules
Successfully imported file 'ie7andlater.css'
Successfully imported file 'default.css'
Successfully imported file 'ie6andearlier.css'

hcgtv · 2008-08-28 13:05:50

Hi Matt,

Make sure that your dev site is exporting the pages and forms similar to this layout, or else it’s not going to find any pages or forms to import.

MattD · 2008-08-28 14:19:31

I don’t really need it anymore but it looks like the template name is missing.
example – about_me.misc.html

baby · 2008-09-07 14:34:21

Hi Bert,

it seems the current version I downloaded from your site uses the name “templates” (no underscore prefix) rather than “_ templates” as your instructions say.

I think you should either update the plugin or the instructions :-)

Regards.

baby · 2008-09-07 15:12:06

Looking a bit more… it seems the release in your site is somehow wrong… it uses a different extension for forms and pages (.html) that what most templates that use it expect.. including crystal-x in your own site.

In the flexy template I downloaded there is a version (also called 0.3) that works OK (it’s in the texty/plugins directory within the zip file).

Talking about crystal-x, it uses txp:sitename rather than txp:site_name in a couple of places. I had to edit it to use it right.

hcgtv · 2008-09-07 23:06:09

Hi Mariano,

Thanks for pointing out that I had the wrong plugin available for download.

All fixed now :)

aubergine2001 · 2008-10-09 19:04:07

Hello all,

I am new to the forums, but have been using TXP since 4.04. Since I am more of a designer (html/CSS) and not a programmer (PHP) I would like to use TXP more for some clients. I have just installed TXP under XXAMP on a Windows machine. Trying to set up this plug-in and I get this warning.

Template Directory Missing

The template directory `C:\xampp\htdocs\textpattern/_templates//pages` does not exist, and could not be automatically created. Would you mind creating it yourself by running something like

mkdir C:\xampp\htdocs\textpattern/_templates//pages chmod 777 C:\xampp\htdocs\textpattern/_templates//pages

That should fix the issue. You could also adjust the plugin’s directory by modifying $hcg_templates[‘base_dir’] in the plugin’s code.

I am assuming the forward(back)? slash between textpattern and the _templates folder is the problem. I created the _templates folder. Anyone used this on a windows machine?

Thanks
Randy

hcgtv · 2008-10-09 23:41:25

aubergine2001 wrote:

I created the _templates folder. Anyone used this on a windows machine?

Just create the _templates folder in the root of your Textpattern install, alongside files, images & textpattern.

I use this plugin on my laptop using XAMPP, works just fine. I have a TxP 4.0.6 default install and an SVN install running on XAMPP 1.6.7 and the plugin works fine on both.

baby · 2008-10-23 20:48:41

Hi Bert,

I teach at a programming career where I introduce the concepts of free software and open source software… for the final examination, the students have to make a textpattern plugin (I chose textpattern for its clean, easy interface and nice overall community).

I started using your plugin in my first real textpattern site (Clueless…, in Spanish) since I am completely design-handicapped and I found that I hate copying and pasting forms :-)

I though maybe I’d put a couple of students to wrap-up the “ToDo’s” you have pending (upload/download of .zip files from within the interface being one of the most interesting ones).

I’d like to keep complete backward compatibility with the current version…

In fact, if I had the time and the will to pursue… I’d propose adding the templating scheme to textpattern, but that requires more commitment than I can afford right now.

Tell me if you’d mind we taking your plugin and advancing it… I have a publicly accessible svn repository where I can give you r/w access so that you keep in touch with it.

Regards

kemie · 2008-10-24 12:48:13

oooh, enhancements to hcg_templates! that’d be great!

hcgtv · 2008-10-24 13:18:33

baby wrote:

Tell me if you’d mind we taking your plugin and advancing it… I have a publicly accessible svn repository where I can give you r/w access so that you keep in touch with it.

That sounds like great news. I think the community would welcome enhancements.

Besides the todo list I have compiled, there might be other welcome changes that your students may come across, so by all means have fun.

geoff777 · 2008-10-27 19:00:52

Including Sections in the Export/Import would be cool too.

Geoff

baby · 2008-11-07 17:32:15

Bert, a couple of my students will try to enhance hcg_templates a bit by allowing it to upload a template zip file directly from the admin interface and download a zip file of the export.

They’ll also try to add the sections as per Geoff’s request… I’m thinking about one textfile per section named <sectionname>.section with the following format:

##### START OF default.section file #####
[default]
page = mytemplate_default
style = mytemplate_default
##### END OF default.section file #####

and

##### START OF about.section file #####
[about]
title = About this site
page = mytemplate_default
style = mytemplate_default
selected by default = no
on front page = no
syndicate = no
include in site search = yes
##### END OF about.section file #####

etc…

We’ll be working in my subversion repository everyone has read access there, feel free to PM me with a username/password you want and I’ll give you write permission in there if you want.

Regards.

Last edited by baby (2008-11-07 17:35:21)

ChrisArchitect · 2008-12-15 14:18:55

I’ve seen some mention of this, and am wondering if I should, or can, do something about it.

the plugin exports the pages & forms to the files on the host — but with the user and group of the php runtime. So in my case I get the ownership on the files that is different than my user account/group and so I can’t mod the files.

Can I change something in the file writing parts of the plugin code to change the ownership? Other than this issue the plugin looks to do what I want it to — which is export/import from SVN and effectively backup my txp presentation versions.

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