Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] Template system (Smarty)

[Todd O. <to...@da...>]

> function("test") and function($bla) are exactly the same to php as long as
> $bla=="test", so there's no difference at all between "hard-coding" the
> template name or getting it out of a database...

I agree.  But does the variable above cause Smarty to recompile the
template?  If not, then great!  That was my only question.  Sorry to confuse
cacheing with compiling--it did mean compiling.

> How about using variable (templated??) style sheets ?
> H1 {font-family: <?echo $fonts?>}

I didn't mean I wanted to have dynamic style sheets, although that would be
an interesting concept.  I just wanted to make sure we used style sheets
first, then templates (i.e. no font tags in the template).

> I don't really follow you here... what exactly do you mean when you say
that
> Smarty was designed to work on a file by file basis ?

I was trying to say that I envision a system that has a fundamental theme
meaning nav bar on left, title up top, poll on right and articles in the
center let's say.  This theme would carry through the site, without having a
separate template file for each site category.  Does that make any sense?
Jason can you help me out here, it's what we talked about by phone on
Saturday?

--Todd