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Re: Use one template for multiple sections
> doggiez wrote:
They don’t need a separate page template, though it can be preferable if you have different styles for those sections. But even then you could solve that by doing something like this:
<code>
<txp:if_section name=“section1”>
<div id=“section1”>
</txp:if_section>
<txp:if_section name=“section2”>
<div id=“section2”>
</txp:if_section>
<txp:if_section section=“section1”>
content for section1
</txp:if_section>
<txp:if_section section=“section2”>
content for section2
</txp:if_section>
</div>
</code>
I know this is an old thread, but just want to say that the code suggested by doggiez can be replaced by a simple line:
<div id="<txp:section />">
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Re: Use one template for multiple sections
Whoa,
Maniqui! I never thought of that! Hmm. Smarter and smarter. Reading the forums regularly is like drinking a good beer. Sure it kills brain cells, but it kills off the weak ones so I get smarter and smarter. :)
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#15 2005-11-22 04:54:43
- nardo
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Re: Use one template for multiple sections
I like your thinking there Matthew
throwing section names into your body ID and/or class is another way of transforming layouts based on what section you’re in, without using different page templates
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Re: Use one template for multiple sections
Well it’s an excellent idea if someone has used it, or is it still theory?
Stuart
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Re: Use one template for multiple sections
> thebombsite wrote:
> Well it’s an excellent idea if someone has used it, or is it still theory?
Stuart, do you mean if someone has used <div id="<txp:section />">?
I have used it sometimes in <body id="<txp:section />"> (long time ago, in the days of RC1, to achieve a way to style the current section link in the main menu).
Another interesting place to put it is in a “div” surrounding your article layout.
I mean:
<div class="article <txp:section />">
<h3><txp:title /></h3>
more article tags
blablab
</div>
This way, you can give unique styles to your articles, depending on the section it belongs to.
Last edited by maniqui (2005-11-22 14:30:37)
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Re: Use one template for multiple sections
I was just wondering if it had actually been tried and works. If you’ve used it then great! Go to the top of the class! :)
Stuart
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#19 2005-11-22 08:28:58
- nardo
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Re: Use one template for multiple sections
for sure stuart … it’s become a habit to throw the section name as an id into the body tag, so you can override styles for specific sections (e.g. contact forms vs navigation pulldowns)
also u can change widths on divs depending on the section … very handy if you have some sections with one column, some with two, some with three, etc : )
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