Re: [Phpwiki-talk] [Patch] Page templates support

[Reini U. <ru...@x-...>]

Thanks a lot. I like it a lot!


Todd Mokros schrieb:
> The attached patch adds page template support to phpwiki when creating a
> page.  When you initially edit a page that did not previously exist, it
> will check for a templatename parameter.  If it exists, it will use it's
> value as a pagename to use for the default content of the page.  It also
> does variable substitution on the template page content for {pagename}
> and {sourcepage}.
> 
> Also in the patch, when viewing a nonexistant page, you see a message
> saying the page does not exist, but when editing such a page for the
> first time without a template, it defaults to the usual 'Describe
> [pagename] here' content.  
> 
> A plugin called TemplateForm is also provided, which let's you insert a
> form into a page for page creation.  You can specify a particular
> template page to use, or let it show a drop down box of templates.
> 
> One example using this is Categories.  If you add the following snippet
> to the end of CategoryCategory:
> 
> =========================================================
> --
> 
> Create new category:
>   <?plugin TemplateForm template=CatTemplate buttontext="Create
> Category" ?>
> =========================================================
> 
> and add the following pages:
> 
> CatTemplate:
> =========================================================
> Pages in category [{pagename}]:
> <?plugin BackLinks noheader=1 ?>
> 
> Create new page in this category:
>   <?plugin TemplateForm template=CatPageTemplate ?>
> --
> CategoryCategory
> =========================================================
> 
> CatPageTemplate:
> =========================================================
> Describe [{pagename}] here.
> 
> --
> [{sourcepage}]
> =========================================================
> 
> Now, category creation, and creating pages within a category just became
> much simpler.
> 
> If this is worth pursuing, other useful features should be easy to add:
> * have a DefaultTemplate so you can customize the default content for
> new pages for an entire site
> * add a template parameter to the Calendar plugin, so you can have
> boilerplate for calendar entries.
> 
> Comments?