Comments on: How to Build a Template in CMS Made Simple While Maintaining Sanity http://iandunn.name/how-to-build-a-template-in-cms-made-simple-while-maintaining-sanity/ Seattle-based web developer blogging about tips and solutions Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:57:49 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: jpatti http://iandunn.name/how-to-build-a-template-in-cms-made-simple-while-maintaining-sanity/comment-page-1/#comment-4415 jpatti Thu, 26 May 2011 01:37:25 +0000 http://iandunn.name/workblog/?p=133#comment-4415 You need the Template Externalizer module. When you turn it on, it copies the database templates and stylesheets to flat files so you can use any editor you want. When you're done, you turn it off and it copies all that back to the database. I agree about the documentation, I struggled along using that stupid textarea for some time before I found the Externalizer modulke. Even today... I can remember reading something about CMSMS, and can't remember if it was in the Wiki, or the forums, or in the API, or on of the developer's websites... IME, you pretty much have to Google for everything... You need the Template Externalizer module. When you turn it on, it copies the database templates and stylesheets to flat files so you can use any editor you want. When you’re done, you turn it off and it copies all that back to the database.

I agree about the documentation, I struggled along using that stupid textarea for some time before I found the Externalizer modulke.

Even today… I can remember reading something about CMSMS, and can’t remember if it was in the Wiki, or the forums, or in the API, or on of the developer’s websites… IME, you pretty much have to Google for everything…

]]> By: sims http://iandunn.name/how-to-build-a-template-in-cms-made-simple-while-maintaining-sanity/comment-page-1/#comment-1983 sims Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:47:06 +0000 http://iandunn.name/workblog/?p=133#comment-1983 CMSMS now has support for EditArea, a color coding text editor that loads in a textarea like other javascript WYSIWYG editors. Still, it is a bit of a pain to have those things saved in the db when you want to synchronize a few sites. CMSMS now has support for EditArea, a color coding text editor that loads in a textarea like other javascript WYSIWYG editors. Still, it is a bit of a pain to have those things saved in the db when you want to synchronize a few sites.

]]> By: Henrik http://iandunn.name/how-to-build-a-template-in-cms-made-simple-while-maintaining-sanity/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Henrik Tue, 04 May 2010 13:46:26 +0000 http://iandunn.name/workblog/?p=133#comment-275 It seems to be enough (at least using 1.7.0) to have a content tag inside a smarty comment to get the content box to display in the admin page (item 3): {* {content} *} This will have the same effect but perhaps save a few cycles of processing. It seems to be enough (at least using 1.7.0) to have a content tag inside a smarty comment to get the content box to display in the admin page (item 3):

{*
{content}
*}

This will have the same effect but perhaps save a few cycles of processing.

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