Howdy! I'm attempting to create a complex template structure for the website of the company I work for. Because of the scope of the site I need the template to be as flexible as possible. To that end, I would like to create a master.kid template which defines several areas or slots which individual page templates can optionally fill.
For example, the site design has a 'header' area which appears below the site header and above the columned area; a left column; a right column; a content area; and a footer area which appears above the site footer, and below the columned area. ------ H ------ L | C | R ------ F ------ All of them are optional except the content area, and the left column should default to some sane default (i.e. a "current events" listing). I've attempted to use py:match statements to accomplish what I want, but I can not seem to find any reference to the properties of the "item" object. WTF? I know (from example) that item[:] returns all child XML objects, and item.text returns you the CDATA portion. However, I need a combination of both - and I need to test for its existance in the first place. Any help would be greatly appreciated - until I can do this, each page template will have to re-create the master template. I'll upload my current "base" template somewhere if requested.
