Re: [Cctools-cchost] cchost question.

[Jon P. <jo...@re...>]

On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 08:51 -0500, rejon.org feedback form wrote:
> Name: _scott
> E-mail: sco...@gm...
> 
> 
> Hello Jon,
> 
> First off great job on cchost, one of the best open source projects
> on the web to date!

Thanks man! Sorry for missing your email until now...the cc-devel
mailing list is the best way to get full attention from ccHost
developers: http://developers.creativecommons.org/

> I was wondering where in the files the home.xml document is being
> called to display, I would like to try and randomize it with php.
> (ex, home.xml, home2.xml, home.xml, etc...)

That would be an awesome capability. Basically, this is setup in the
navigator tabs which can be changed via the Manage Site administration
interface.

There is actually a couple of ways to do this: change the php code to
add a random page selection function to the FUNCTIONS possible for menu
items (http://YOUR_INSTALLATION/media/admin/tabs/media/edit, add this
randomize content to the phptal template file like home.xml (you can do
basic coding inside these...do a search for phptal on the web) or the
best, make a phptal macro and add it to misc.xml in the
PATH_TO_CCHOST/cctemplates and then call if from a file like home.xml.
This would probably be the easiest way and most useful to other people.

I know that the Open Clip Art Library will need a quick way to randomize
the selection of thumbnails for the main page of the site, and I can see
where this type of macro would be useful for selecting a random quote,
or upload.

This comes down to the type of random content you want: various random
content on a page, or a random page. It would really be great to have
both in the codebase. Would you still like to add these?

I'm cc'ing the cctools-cchost list as others will have more to say about
this undoubtedly...

Jon

> Thanks in advance!
> 
> 
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