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Modularized template theming

Started by Glyph, September 21, 2016, 12:48:03 AM

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Glyph

Originally spawned off my random blabbering here: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=548744.msg3891997#msg3891997

What I propose is a more organized templating system so certain template features can be more modularized.

Quotei.e. pseudocode:
<!-- login code starts here -->
<form></form>
<!-- login code ends here -->


backend:

/**
*
*CHECK FOR LOGIN CODE
*make sure bookmark login options are enabled and that the login code exists in the current default template
*/
if $bookmark_hide_state === FALSE and bookmark_login_exists("template_name") === FALSE {
show_login_form();
}


Obviously it's explicitly hidden unless enabled. This way if there are any conflicts with specific plugins this will simply work! ;)
I would submit some code to the core git but i'm not confident it would pass approval. Not to mention I have no idea what i'm doing on github lol.
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Arantor

Not really sure I see a use case for this... And I've done crazy things with SMF mods and themes over the years.

Glyph

#2


You know looking back at this there had to be something in that monster drink. Leave alone the modularization pitch; why I gave disabling logins altogether as an example is beyond me right now...

I suppose i'm more interested in having random themes more customizable from the admin template.
i.e. http://i.imgur.com/ElEaaHS.png

This is a situation where I don't want the default login forms; that bootstrap navbar will be added into a plugin im working on for any theme. With the default login forms it makes things a bit redundant which is more of a pet peeve than anything but it's really hard to modify a themes template without modularization so that everything looks correct.
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