Am 10.01.2007 um 12:23 schrieb Erik Alphenaar:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is the sitedesigner the red layout bar?
the sitedesigner is what is accessible via the red bars. in that
sense, yes.
If so, isn't that just really a parameterized style sheet?
t's also a lot more than this. sitedesigner includes a vast number of
content types. but also, you are right, it is a parameterized style
sheet.
(Just what we, and my guess is a lot of other people, were already
doing for a long long time in the page properties...)
I read the - "updates are painless, since no custom templates are
involved" - line...
Aren't we using the 'custom template' supplied by magnolia here
('siteDesigner.jsp')?
templates are in most cases not required anymore as you can build
most layouts with sitedesigner.
Any additions on this layout are not possible to build inline at
all. The layout is set in this jsp, but just with a lot of properties.
with sitedesigner you can define the areas of a website, build
columns, set color and font properties and a lot more. the topmost
red bar works as an access to general layout properties, in which you
can define all areas that should be displayed. after that, you will
have another red bar for each of these sections by which you can
access the layout properties of each area.
And I guess the supplied layout won't do on many occasions...
we have built several pages using sitedesigner without additional
templating. if you wish so, we would be glad to send you some
examples. contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for getting in touch with us directly.
let us assure you that within little time a full documentation on
magnolia 3.0 and sitedesigner will be launched and accessible on
documentation.magnolia.info.
So if that is the Sitedesigner, can anyone explain what the fuss is
about on the magnolia website?
You can't really design anything with it, just manage an exisiting
magnolia design, and possibly overrule some css classes....
as the first thing you get is an empty page with a red bar, you can
use this as a starting point for building quite any design you like.
sincerely
Tom Wespi
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esense GmbH
Tom Wespi
Leonhardsstrasse 38
CH-4051 Basel
0041 61 271 35 01
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