[Webstract-devel] Re: phpWebLog graphical advises

[Jason H. <jc...@ey...>]

David Nex wrote:
> I d like to make 2 sites with nearly the sames struture, here i make a
> scheme :
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
> | Here header for both sites  (static)       |
> ----------------------------------------------
> | Here     | Here special header for         |
> | Left      | site                                         |
> | Blocks | With drawsearch ...               |
> | F_Blo. |                                                |
> | (dyn)    | (dyn)                                      |
> ----------------------------------------------
> | Here page space (static or dyn)          |
> ---------------------------------------------
> | Footer for both sites  (static/dyn)      |
> ----------------------------------------------
> 
> I m based on phpweblog 053.
> Judging from the API file, we usually make new page with this struture :
> 
> <?
> include("./include/common.inc.php");
> include("./include/header.inc.php");
> // here page space
> include("./include/fotter.inc.php");
> ?>
> I want to respect this API, which is good i think.
> 
> If I keep default header/footer, I remark that weblog page space is
> encroached by left / rigth blocks drawing.
> I dont want it it's so ugly.
> In my struture it can encroach the "Special header" only, in order to have
> max palce for page space.



What you want to do is a bit out of the design scope for phpWebLog. 
Though possible, you're looking at quite a task.

> I think I need to change header/footer.inc, but which html tags must remain
> in this file ?
> 
> LeftBlocks drawing and special header are dynamic, so I had to make it goes
> into php code, espcecially into drawheader functions ?
> 
> I cant manage to achieve what I want to do, can u help me doing simple
> template, drawheader function from a little nude weblog 053.
> 
> I think it difficult to change the default organisation of <table> in weblog
> 053, I m losing my hairs.
> 
> Thanks.

You're on the right track.  It's laid out similar to:

+------------------+
| header           |
+----+-------+-----+
|left| main  |right|
|    |       |     |
|    |       |     |
|    |       |     |
+----+-------+-----+
| footer           |
+------------------+


header.php opens the table, outputs header, outputs the left column
blocks, opens the main table.

footer.php closes the main table, outputs the right column blocks,
closes the table.

I doubt this will be of much help to you, but hopefully it will be.

good luck =]
jason