Re: [phpesp-dev] Themes & Templates

[Sean M A. <sea...@gr...>]

I like this idea, I'm not sure about the tools to use.  I have worked
with phpNuke on a portal site for a program we do with kids here, and
it's themeable, but doesn't use either of those tool to my knowledge.  I
think the idea of themes is excellent for the purposes of why I signed
onto this project (reasons which I have been unable to work on as yet). 
I was hoping to help with getting phpESP to comply to the Section 508
Accessibility guidelines (Mostly so blind people can use webpage readers
to listen to web pages) so that we here at NASA could use it.  Making
phpESP themeable would allow me to create themes that are S.508
compliant instead of mucking with the whole application.

On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 10:22, James E. Flemer wrote:
> Hello All,
>   Now that Kon has graciously created three new templates
> for phpESP, the time has come to think about making phpESP
> themeable. Everyone using web stuff seems to want Themes
> now. I feel stability and features are more important than
> Themes, but I think phpESP is at a point where it is
> logical to consider themeability.
> 
>   First let me summarize the results of the GUI survey[1].
> The majority (60%) was for the third design (the one that
> sort of looks like a TV). I prefer that design as well. I
> think that this should become the default Theme. A few
> people suggested that the greens be replaced with blues in
> this theme. I am sure that would be a trivial task, and of
> course we can use them both as Themes.
> 
> [1] http://phpesp.sf.net/demo/survey.php?name=design&results=1
> 
>   Now, having said that -- we need to discuss
> implementation. I personally have not written, nor even
> read, any PHP code that supports themes. I believe that it
> is in our best interest to use some existing template/theme
> framework for PHP rather than writing one. Kon suggested
> FastTemplate[2], and after a quick search with Google, I
> found Smarty Template Engine[3].
> 
> [2] http://www.thewebmasters.net/php/FastTemplate.phtml
> [3] http://www.phpinsider.com/php/code/Smarty/
> 
>   I have not looked at the licenses on these packages, but
> they must be compatible with the BSD license to be used
> with phpESP. I think that with Smarty we can use Smarty for
> development, and not distribute any Smarty code (since it
> generates PHP code). I think that this is the best option,
> especially because of its speed. I am open to suggestions
> though, since I have not used templates/themes in PHP
> before.
> 
> Please comment if you have any opinion or experience on the
> subject.
> 
> -James
> 
> 
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