Hello Everyone:
I am in search of an easier way to develop pages. My most current
website, www.Base2WebDesign.com, has the exact same layout throughout
the entire site. Right now I use a function called "page_top() " and
page_bottom()" that , when called, display the tops and bottoms of
pages. All I have to do on the actual index.php page is call those two
functions and then write the main content on that page. This seems
stupid but it seems to work. I would like to use templates but I
don't know much about them and I have yet to find anything that just
screams simplicity to me and ease of use. If anyone could point me in
the right direct for developing pages that have a consistent layout
with dynamic content on the "main section" of the page, I would be
forever grateful. Again, I would like to use templates because from
what I have seen they look like they are what I need. Can anyone
direct me toward and very simple, straight-forward, easy-to-use
template system (if this is what I indeed would need) that could speed
up the rendering of the pages without hitting the server on each page
load for the same page layout? Also, my current way of building the
page may be to fault but might there be a solution to the pages
"blinking" when you switch from one pages to the next for the first
time. When you return to that same page there is no blink. Thank you
so much to anyone and everyone that can solve any of the problems I
have listed above!
Apr 2 '07
13  1823 
I developed a simple single-file template system that uses buffering,
conditionals, and heredocs. Not sure if it's best practice, but it's
worked well for me. It keeps the logic layer and view layer apart,
provides consistency, and yet is quite flexible. The basic outline:
// php section
// html section (escape php) <-- this would be your main output
section
// php section
A skeleton demo:
<?php
// start session, buffering, call files, etc.
// declare variables
$_HTML['navbar'] = '';
$_HTML['section1'] = '';
$_HTML['section2'] = '';
// build output (can call functions, other php files here)
$_HTML['navbar'] = php_build_navba r();
if ( !empty($_HTML['navbar']) )
{
$_HTML['section1'] = <<<HTML
<div id="section1">
{$_HTML['navbar']}
</div>
HTML;
}
$_HTML['section2'] = <<<HTML
<div id="section2" class="static_c ontent">
Some static content
</div>
HTML;
// start html (don't forget doctype and head stuff)
?>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo $_HTML['section1']; ?>
<?php echo $_HTML['section2']; ?>
</body>
</html>
<?php
// dump buffer
?>
For more efficiency, combine with PEAR's cache_lite package or another
caching class.
You could continue to automate things and tailor a system that works
for you. Take it far enough and you'll end up with something like
Smarty or another pre-existing template system.
Tom
On Apr 2, 8:56 am, "Justin.Voelker " <justin.voel... @gmail.comwrote :
Hello Everyone:
I am in search of an easier way to develop pages. My most current
website,www.Base2WebDesign.com, has the exact same layout throughout
the entire site. Right now I use a function called "page_top() " and
page_bottom()" that , when called, display the tops and bottoms of
pages. All I have to do on the actual index.php page is call those two
functions and then write the main content on that page. This seems
stupid but it seems to work. I would like to use templates but I
don't know much about them and I have yet to find anything that just
screams simplicity to me and ease of use. If anyone could point me in
the right direct for developing pages that have a consistent layout
with dynamic content on the "main section" of the page, I would be
forever grateful. Again, I would like to use templates because from
what I have seen they look like they are what I need. Can anyone
direct me toward and very simple, straight-forward, easy-to-use
template system (if this is what I indeed would need) that could speed
up the rendering of the pages without hitting the server on each page
load for the same page layout? Also, my current way of building the
page may be to fault but might there be a solution to the pages
"blinking" when you switch from one pages to the next for the first
time. When you return to that same page there is no blink. Thank you
so much to anyone and everyone that can solve any of the problems I
have listed above!
On Apr 3, 12:31 pm, "klenwell" <klenw...@gmail .comwrote:
I developed a simple single-file template system that uses buffering,
conditionals, and heredocs. Not sure if it's best practice, but it's
worked well for me. It keeps the logic layer and view layer apart,
provides consistency, and yet is quite flexible. The basic outline:
// php section
// html section (escape php) <-- this would be your main output
section
// php section
A skeleton demo:
<?php
// start session, buffering, call files, etc.
// declare variables
$_HTML['navbar'] = '';
$_HTML['section1'] = '';
$_HTML['section2'] = '';
// build output (can call functions, other php files here)
$_HTML['navbar'] = php_build_navba r();
if ( !empty($_HTML['navbar']) )
{
$_HTML['section1'] = <<<HTML
<div id="section1">
{$_HTML['navbar']}
</div>
HTML;
}
$_HTML['section2'] = <<<HTML
<div id="section2" class="static_c ontent">
Some static content
</div>
HTML;
// start html (don't forget doctype and head stuff)
?>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo $_HTML['section1']; ?>
<?php echo $_HTML['section2']; ?>
</body>
</html>
<?php
// dump buffer
?>
For more efficiency, combine with PEAR's cache_lite package or another
caching class.
You could continue to automate things and tailor a system that works
for you. Take it far enough and you'll end up with something like
Smarty or another pre-existing template system.
Tom
On Apr 2, 8:56 am, "Justin.Voelker " <justin.voel... @gmail.comwrote :
Hello Everyone:
I am in search of an easier way to develop pages. My most current
website,www.Base2WebDesign.com, has the exact same layout throughout
the entire site. Right now I use a function called "page_top() " and
page_bottom()" that , when called, display the tops and bottoms of
pages. All I have to do on the actual index.php page is call those two
functions and then write the main content on that page. This seems
stupid but it seems to work. I would like to use templates but I
don't know much about them and I have yet to find anything that just
screams simplicity to me and ease of use. If anyone could point me in
the right direct for developing pages that have a consistent layout
with dynamic content on the "main section" of the page, I would be
forever grateful. Again, I would like to use templates because from
what I have seen they look like they are what I need. Can anyone
direct me toward and very simple, straight-forward, easy-to-use
template system (if this is what I indeed would need) that could speed
up the rendering of the pages without hitting the server on each page
load for the same page layout? Also, my current way of building the
page may be to fault but might there be a solution to the pages
"blinking" when you switch from one pages to the next for the first
time. When you return to that same page there is no blink. Thank you
so much to anyone and everyone that can solve any of the problems I
have listed above!
Thank you very much Tom! I'll have to give this one a shot.
I've uploaded a more complete working example here: http://klenwell.googlecode.com/svn/t...rame.blank.php
Same basic concept but with a more explicit controller mechanism --
useful if you wanted to use this as a site-wide template for multiple
pages. (Also includes a script timer that outputs to an html comment
at the end.) This is the basis of the framework I use, where much of
the initialization gets handed off to included files.
Tom
Moot wrote:
On Apr 2, 8:28 pm, Schraalhans Keukenmeester <bitbuc...@inva lid.spam>
wrote:
>and...@blueyon der.com wrote:
>>I don't know why - perhaps someone could enlighten me (us) on why just
for curiosity?
Andy
Anyone else the definitive answer to andy's question?
Sh.
I always thought that frames were a no-no because they broke url
navigation. For example, the user could be a few clicks deep in a
frameset, but the url stills says www.xyz.com. When they make a
bookmark expecting it to take them to that deeper level, it just takes
them back to the main page.
Of course, AJAX now causes essentially the same problem, but
apparently it's a lot cooler than frames were, so it can get away with
it?
You're (also) very right! Bookmarking is a pain w/ frames. And your
guess on AJAX being a hype and therefore getting away with its downsides
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