Hi Tedd, thank you for your response,
i am in the process now of creating this function, and its very deceptive how complex you can actually make it. but im sure i'll get there. i have taken a some of your points into consideration. thanks again. On 4 May 2011, at 17:20, tedd wrote: > At 7:19 PM +0100 5/2/11, Adam Preece wrote: >> the reason, why i don't want to use word press and any other open source >> solution, is that i want to learn how it is all done. im sure i can figure >> it out myself but i would like to ask others and see how they would tackle >> it. >> >> the idea with the modules sounds really cool, template type system. >> >> if you have the time could you please tell me more how i could achieve a >> modular template system? > > Adam: > > You have at least three big problems to consider. > > ---- First, is creating a template you can live it > > A template standardizes methods of how to show data. But the template also > has to be flexible enough to be creative. This is not trivial. > > ---- Second, is a way to make add/delete pages as you want. > > You need to have a method where you can add more pages AND delete pages as > you want. You should give additional thought as to what to do with the > content of the pages you delete, such as to archive them. > > All of this can be done via a simple "create a record for each page" in a > database where the contents are stored and retrieved as needed. This is the > least of the three problems. > > ---- Third, how you can update any of those pages via a CMS. > > You have to make a decision to either allow the client to: > > 1. Enter HTML directly into the CMS thus allowing for major screw-ups; > > 2. OR -- you control every aspect of the data entry allowing only filtered > data to be entered in specific areas in the template, which is a nightmare of > a coding-client communication problem. To control everything means a lot of > work; > > 3. OR -- you handle everything yourself, which is the way I usually do it for > clients. That way they give me what they want and I can change the display to > best balance their needs with the requirements of the medium. > > Good luck, > > Cheers, > > tedd > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
