Textpattern CMS support forum
You are not logged in. Register | Login | Help
- Topics: Active | Unanswered
#1 2009-12-28 22:20:15
- topsykretts
- New Member
- Registered: 2009-12-20
- Posts: 1
How do I integrate an existing layout with textpattern?
To start with, I’ve looked through a very large portion of the FAQ and as well as all of textbook and wasn’t able to find anything to guide me on how to do this, which is surprising considering it seems like such a basic and simple thing. I’ve read also read <a href=“http://textpattern.com/faq/65/how-do-i-embed-textpattern-in-an-external-page”>this</a> and it wasn’t any help at all.
I cannot for the life of me find any sort of guide to show me how to do this. The layout I want to use I’ve already designed, it has a main content div, a left sidebar div that I want to put an accordion into to show links to youtube videos, and a horizontal dropdown navigation bar that spans the width of the container div. I want textpattern to dynamically manage the content of these 3 areas.
What parts of the FAQ or what threads on this forum would show me how to do this? I’ve tried searching the forums as well but nothing relevant came up. If you guys can show me how to do this and I’m able to do it successfully I’ll be sure to contribute some sort of guide so that others can more easily.
Offline
Re: How do I integrate an existing layout with textpattern?
TXP is an empty canvas and uses tag structure. Basically, you use it like you would use any other markup language and can do almost anything you want with it, with various ways.
- See Tag Basics
- See Semantic Model
- Bookmark Tag Reference
You can see usage examples in the default template bundled with the default installation. Also every tag reference holds some examples.
You create a page template and a section. Assign the template to the section and place the tags you want into the template.
I want textpattern to dynamically manage the content of these 3 areas.
Offline
#3 2009-12-29 00:07:17
- els
- Moderator
- From: The Netherlands
- Registered: 2004-06-06
- Posts: 7,458
Re: How do I integrate an existing layout with textpattern?
Some more links that may be helpful:
Offline
#4 2010-01-05 03:00:15
- craigbass76
- Member
- Registered: 2009-12-23
- Posts: 36
Re: How do I integrate an existing layout with textpattern?
Are you familiar with php? Once I understood that forms are kind of like includes, it made sense. I have a head form, a foot form, and some others.
http://www.thebestcabinetsite.com
I’m still very new, so my input comes with a free grain of salt!
Offline
Offline