[PW-dev] Page widget and themes

[James G S. <JG...@TA...>]

Thinking about themes and widgets, I'm working on a Page widget 
based on some PHP code I have.

The basic interface:

 $page = $wc -> widget("Page", (class => "Front"));

 # for default layout
 # +---+---------+---+
 # |   |    T    |   |
 # | L +---------+ R |
 # | T |         | T |
 # | L |         | R |
 # | L |         | R |
 # | B +---------+ B |
 # |   |    B    |   |
 # +---+---------+---+

 # if configuration file can define widgets, the following four 
 # lines could be in the config file.
 $page -> T("Stuff at the top of the page");
 $page -> B("Stuff at the bottom of the page");
 $page -> LTLLB("Stuff along the left top, left, and left bottom");
 $page -> RTRRB("Stuff along the right top, right, and right bottom");

 $body = $page -> ARRAY;

 @{$body} = (
    # array of widgets and strings
 );

 print $page;

 __END__

The Page object could be configured to use any of a variaty of 
layouts, some dependent on the configuration class.

This kind of widget might benefit from allowing widgets to be 
created based on the configuration file instead of explicit calls 
in Perl.

I think my present configuration code allows for reading multiple 
configuration files.  This allows for global configurations with 
local configuration files representing content, for example.  
This gets us dangerously close to AxKit without the stylesheets :)
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James Smith <JG...@TA...>, 979-862-3725
Texas A&M CIS Operating Systems Group, Unix