[Phpwebsite-developers] theme stuff 2nd try

[spiggy <th...@me...>]

(makes me wonder where did the first one go....)
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first of all, 0.8 is a very good release, imho.

while writing several mods for my sisters of mercy site (thats a rock =
band
btw :) ive had to think about the theming stuff a lot. i want everything =
to
be in themeboxes so when the theme changes, everything changes.. it is =
very
difficult  and probably resource intensive to be appending strings to a
variable and then spit it out in the end.

so what phpws has is:

$boxtitle=3D"Title";
$boxcontent=3D"content";
themesidebox($boxtitle, $boxcontent)

instead i have been using:

opensidebox("Title");
echo "content";     //or just plain html
closebox();

wouldnt this be a faster way to do it or am i thinking backasswards (is =
that
a word?) here? was the boxfunction a decision or just a 'legacy nuke' =
thing?
it would be a lot easier to wrap the theme design around all the boxes =
with
my way. one boxstyle for the sides and one for the middle.. plus the =
usuals
for the special styles. plugin could be passing the location and thus
determining what style it needs.. the same could be added to the =
sideboxes
too if right and left sideboxes needed to be different.. of course im
pushing the limits for the non-php-programmer theme designers but hey, =
its a
thought :)

of course this will not be relevant in the new (phpws2) version if =
everybody
is thinking about the templates.. but im not sure how far the thought
process in on that either so meanwhile... any thoughts?

paivi