I'm not 100% clear either. A page class has one and only one page
template, albeit localizeable. It seems like you'll need to do at least
2 things:
1. Use a Layout component specific to the user/page.
For this you will have your page template wrap itself in a layout
component, the exact type of which must be determined at runtime. If I'm
not mistaken there is a way to do this using a delegate or placeholder,
but you'll need to look at the core docs to be sure.
2. Embed blocks your page component which render the specifics.
You can render these blocks conditionally using <t:if>. Granted your
page will look a bit cobbled, but that is what requirements like this
dictate. I've not heard of any method more elegant than this
unfortunately - you can see the same thing in RoR (widgets, etc).
Hope this helps - sorry I couldn't be more specific about the dynamic
layout.
chris
Martin Grotzke wrote:
Yep, you're right. But there are several posts that state that there is
a one-to-one relationship of page class and template (with support for
i18n'ed templates). Having such a simple solution I wonder where these
statements come from and if they are completely wrong.
And the question is, if the mentioned solution works correctly without
side effects, having the full template lifecycle supported (however this
works in detail).
So do you say, that the shown solution is working correctly?
Thanx && cheers,
Martin
On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 01:17 +0100, Renat Zubairov wrote:
Hello Martin,
What isn't clear, is what is the question? If it's how to implement it I
guess the post you've already found describes it good enough.
Renat
On 06/02/2008, Martin Grotzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
I have a question concerning the relation between template and page
class, which admittedly has already been raised sometimes :)
Especially, the thread "T5: Personalizing page and component template"
(
http://www.nabble.com/T5%3A-Personalizing-page-and-component-template-td14098291.html
)
seems to show a solution for I want to achieve (or, to be honest, my
collegues need in a project they are starting).
The requirement is to select the chosen page template (or even the
template of the layout component) at request time based on e.g. some
request parameters, session attribute or s.th. else. I think common use
cases are whitelabeling, country specific templates, personalization and
there are probably a lot more.
I would asume that some of you also have this requirement, so I (and my
collegues :)) would be happy if you could share your experiences /
solutions concerning this requirement.
Jeffrey, as you already presented your solution (mentioned above), did
you experience any drawbacks/problems with this implementation?
Thanx in advance,
cheers,
Martin
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