Textgarden.org Layouts for Textpattern tag:textgarden.org,2005:359f8019fa62baf2d1758dfe2de7fa88 Textpattern 2009-02-17T20:14:17Z Sivert http://textgarden.org/ Stuart 2009-02-17T20:14:17Z 2009-02-17T20:14:17Z Clean Sky tag:textgarden.org,2009-02-17:359f8019fa62baf2d1758dfe2de7fa88/5c3e0427faa6c8a589217ac7ee70b8ba Stuart 2008-12-22T14:59:57Z 2008-12-22T15:55:36Z TXP Minima Photoblog tag:textgarden.org,2008-12-22:359f8019fa62baf2d1758dfe2de7fa88/aa7bb2de64dc16e563b6812d3d426011 Here is a new template from the TXP Minima series – TXP Minima Photoblog.

The template is designed to be a simple photoblog, focusing on the images and content rather than the design. The styles may easily be extended/adapted, and I have included some generic layout classes for flexibility.

Included are several plugins required, including hcg_templates which is needed for importing the template. Instruction are in the readme.txt file.

Some features:

Valid XHTML and lean CSS
Most code stored in forms (easy to update/change)
Designed for a photoblog, but could easily be adapted
Extra layout classes included for flexibility and control
Contact form and Archive
Required plugins included
Uses TXP tags to reduce the number of plugins

]]> Stuart 2008-12-03T11:26:09Z 2008-12-26T16:41:50Z TXP Falling Away tag:textgarden.org,2008-12-02:359f8019fa62baf2d1758dfe2de7fa88/abe4fa5744de2b377d38e49a8bb182ea TXP Falling Awat Front-page     TXP Falling Away Comments Page

I don’t know how many of Pat’s themes I’ve ported now. It’s a few. He seems to do designs that appeal to me. I’ve tried to maintain his original design whilst employing some neat Textpattern tricks and a limited number of plug-ins.

This theme will only work with Textpattern 4.0.7 or above. I make no apologies for that. The theme makes use of the new “tags-within-tags” ability of the latest parser. It also uses the new tags <txp:variable />, <txp:if_variable>, <txp:if_keywords> and <txp:modified />.

With the exception of <txp:if_keywords> all the above tags are used in the “meta-data” column for the articles in the “articles” section.

The <txp:variable /> and <txp:if_variable> tags are also used in the meta data for comments.

The <txp:if_keywords> tag is used for the “meta keywords” element in the “head” of the page. The “meta keywords” element will only be displayed in “individual_article” view and only if there are keywords entered for the viewed article. They can be entered into the “Keywords” field under “Advanced Options” as a comma-separated list. My current understanding is that Google takes little notice of keywords, due in no small part to all those sites that “cheated”. Over-zealous use of keywords can be detrimental to your site’s ranking rather than an asset so be careful how you use them.

If you select “About” or “Contact” from the menu in the demo, the blue columns you see there are using “excerpts” instead of displaying meta data.

The top menu is part of the overall header structure so adding more options will increase the height of the whole header block. This might not be suitable for sites with a multitude of sections but the menu code could be moved into the sidebar or done as a horizontal nav. I’m sticking with the original intention here.

The front-page on this site displays articles in the sidebar that I have called “Asides”. They have their own section and can be given categories as well. On this site they use a category called “front-page-asides”. This gives the flexibility to call different “Asides” categories to different sections.

Plug-ins being used by the theme are “zem_contact_reborn”, “zem_contact_lang” and “pap_contact_cleaner”. You will also require “hcg_templates” as I am going to make this my first release for import by that plug-in.

]]> Stuart 2008-11-23T13:23:39Z 2008-11-23T13:38:12Z Textpattern 4.0.7 [1] tag:textgarden.org,2008-11-23:359f8019fa62baf2d1758dfe2de7fa88/e90f23d27ffc9797ac51f30d7ee6da04 Things are afoot!

Textpattern 4.0.7 is due out any time now and it is a truly massive release.

The parser has been completely overhauled and will now allow “tag-within-tags” without the need for a plug-in as well as allowing nesting of a wrapping tag within itself.

There are new tags such as <txp:modified />, <txp:expires />, <txp:variable /> and <txp:if_variable>. That’s just a short-list.

The combination of the new parser and the <txp:variable /> tags gives Textpattern a flexibility which I think is pretty much unmatched elsewhere.

To celebrate the release I shall be offering a new theme that makes use of this expanded flexibility and gives you some ideas on how to use it plus I shall have an updated version of the “A Bit Blue” admin theme that takes account of the changes made to the back-end.

Watch this space.

]]> Stuart 2008-01-19T13:52:27Z 2008-01-19T13:52:27Z AFW tag:textgarden.org,2008-01-19:359f8019fa62baf2d1758dfe2de7fa88/54072ec39ccd44e36a6e69c1066b2f23 This template attempts to be a complete solution you can use for any Flash website that needs features going beyond the trivial Flash animation doohickey. Don’t judge the template by the unattractiveness of the demo (it’s pretty ugly). It isn’t meant to offer you any visual styling help, whatsoever. That’s all up to you. Hopefully you’re a Flash developer who creates original, interactive sites that actually use Flash to push the boundaries of the browser beyond HTML. This template allows you the flexibility to create whatever kind of site you want, but offers a framework which will help you work more efficiently and create a site that is highly compatible in many different ways. Some of the benefits include cross-browser compatibility, CMS, effortless SEO, mixing flash and non-flash content, XML in Flash, RSS in Flash, Printing from Flash…

You can read more at The All Flash Website.

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