John W. Holmes wrote:
From: "Kelly Hallman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Sure, they could. However, take a look at all the newbie questions on this
list. Maybe you've got time for all that hand holding.. but Smarty is a
lot closer to HTML, which many of them already know.


{$variable} is no more closer to HTML than <?=$variable?>. Either way you
still have to teach them the templating engine langauge. That language can
either be Smarty or a specific subset of PHP functions/methods that serves
as your templating engine (like how Justin had to write the "cycle()"
function). If you can teach them how a {section} works, then you can teach
them how a foreach() works or write a section() function that works just the
same.

This is the issue I have with things like Smarty. No matter if I use PHP or Smarty, I have to 'teach' my designer how to 'code' in some aspect...and I've met quite a few designers who can't grasp JavaScript, much less Smarty or PHP. Personally, I have the designers give me a HTML layout of the page to where I can cut up the HTML, and throw it into include files.


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