There's definitely a lot of work involved but I think it's well worth
the effort. And to top it off, I wouldn't mind taking a stab at it.
:) Here were my initial thoughts...
I'm wondering whether or not we can reduce the number of template
files by using the <div> tags. The <div> tags would be used to
logically seperate page elements much like how the template files are
being used right now.
Plug-ins would be responsible for spitting out HTML code surrounded by
a div tag with a specific ID. The Layout of all the <div> tags would
be handled via a variety of CSS files (one for each different layout
on the website).
I think my plan of attack would be:
(1) Generate a layout via CSS with a menu down the left hand side,
main content on the right, a header and a footer.
(2) Modify the templates that control the header, menu, and footer to use CSS.
I should be able to do that without modifying any of the core PHP code
that makes up co-wiki. If that works out alright, then I may try
tackling a couple of plugins.
With any luck, I'll be able to come up with some benchmarks in terms
of performance changes.
Any chance I can take a look at your work with cowiki/css? :)
Ken.
oh, and I'm *not* a CSS Guru... just a guy with some knowledge and a
hankering to try to use some of it. :)
On 7/28/05, Paul Hanchett <paul.hanchett-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've been looking at this. The biggest problem I see is that there is a
*lot* of stuff to convert. Generally speaking, all of our formatting is
done with the template files in the TPL directory. Plugins should *not*
be generating their own HTML except by using a template themselves.
I have a start of coWiki using CSS. It's rather a pleasure to work with
because the HTML is simpler but I'm not yet enough of a CSS guru to lay
stuff out without constantly rechecking my work. :-)
Paul
lostwong-jqHnx1hy4Dsdnm+yROfE0A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
http://cowiki.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=14
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Some possible benefits of using CSS:
- graceful fallback to non-compliant/older-generation browsers
- should be easier to mantain cross-platform support
- possibly faster load times due to less code in the html and more of it in a
shared CSS stylesheet
- make it easier to create third party themes/templates for the wiki
I've noticed that there's html formatting code throughout a lot of the plugins
and templates. To make a fully themable system may require some re-working of
how the templates and plugins are structured and how they interact.
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