Andrew, I suggest you check out: http://dev.eyebeam.org/projects/radiant-partatts/wiki
This extension/hack of Radiant gives all your pages an "attributes" tab where you can add named strings, bools, links, and files... (and then reference them from r: tags) Andrew Klein wrote: > Hello all! > > Been a while since I've pestered you all, and I've been working on my > site a lot. I did come up with an idea that would improve my life and > likely many others. Right now, Radiant's input is essentially a big text > box and multiple parts/sections capable. Now, here is my thought; I tend > to have some 'common' options throughout my site, and it'd be easier to > do a radio button selection, or check boxes, or similar. Also, there > are some common links I tend to use. Right now for some of it I use > either the existence of certain tabs or data within certain tabs to > support this. Here's the thought > > For tabs, instead of allowing straight text, why not allow the building > of 'options' pages. IE:- There'd be 'body', 'extended', and 'options', > and options would be inherited from parent for ease of adding it, and it > would be a list of options and variables. For example. I do reviews. I > have three styles of reviews right now: Full (Normal) review, Quick > overviews and Follow-Up reviews. I'd love to have a radio button set > that I could set up that it'd change some of the underlying structure > (Which is commong between them all) based on which is chosen. You could > (I'm not) also be able to make a short text entry box for a rating > 'number' that'd show up in a floating div to the side of the review, or > a check-box to allow an image to show up 'Me-Approved!' > > On top of this, you could also eventually add image and file support > including an uploader. This would be extremely handy if you have a > common screenshot div that you'd like to just add quickly. Allow you to > select from a server-side location for the file or an automatic > uploader. > > Ideas or suggestions? I know I may be vague, but it was my brainstorm > this morning on how to extend Radiant. > > Thanks! > BladedThoth > (Andrew Klein) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: [email protected] Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
