Mohit Sindhwani wrote:
Nate wrote:
Mohit Sindhwani wrote:
[check!] done.
Ditto that. But I don't really see snippets fitting neatly in either
a design or content section. I use them for both.
and that's why there's an option to select that. I always explain
snippets as reusable pieces that can be used elsewhere.
I use snippets both ways so I thought I'd offer some couple of
suggestions. I'm not sure how keen I am on these ideas yet...
1. Have both Content Snippets and Design Snippets (visible to their
respective users, of course). Namespacing would have to be
addressed (one possible solution would be layouts show preference
for using Design Snippets and fall back to using Content Snippet
if an appropriately named Design Snippet is not found. Pages
would show the reverse preference or maybe only permit the use of
Content Snippets).
2. Same as #1 but offer a configuration (either at the Radiant UI
level or a Rake task for use at site creation). This way site
admins could turn on or off the two snippets. You could have one
type or both or even none (ala John Muhl)
3. In many ways Snippets are just Page Parts without a URL. What if
Snippets remained content items and Layouts had their own
reference-able page parts for reusable content.
4. Similar to #3 What if the layout snippets were combined with
Layouts in the index view. It strikes me that there aren't that
many layouts in most sites nor layout snippets. Perhaps it would
simplify things in the users mind if they were more tightly
grouped together.
Or maybe these are all just baloney. I wanted to record them for
posterity and throw them out there in case it gave anyone an idea.
BTW, the survey question #3 doesn't allow for "both" And I'd probably
answer the same for #4 too.
-Chris
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