Hi On Oct 12, 2009, at 6:12 PM, David Marcin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi all, > > I'm putting up my very first Satchmo store, and I have a question > about overriding templates. The suggested method I've seen is to just > pull in the templates you need to modify and override those. > > My question is: Do people use this in real store situations? Yes I do. The store is not open to te public yet but I will post a link when it is. > That is, > when you want to apply a custom theme and layout that is very > different from the default store, it seems to me that figuring out the > tweaks to the default templates is more trouble than rewriting your > own custom layouts from scratch. Have others found this to be the > case, or am I simply Doing It Wrong. :-) > When I am changing the default template I throw away the HTML and replace it with mine.I keep all the django template tags. I also create a base_site.html file which extends base.HTML. In my temlates I extend on base_site.HTML. Also any app template I override I create a base.HTML this way I can add any app specific js or css. I hope it helps lzantal > If others feel that using a full set of custom templates is the way to > go, it would be helpful to have a list of the "essentials" that > satchmo needs to function. e.g. the important POST commands / views > that drive the store backend. Having this in the documentation would > be great, and if nothing exists already, I'll look into putting > something together for review. > > Thanks, > David > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
