page layout & template - how flexible is phpwcms?

mostwanted · Post by **mostwanted** » Sun 9. Apr 2006, 12:43

found this picture on http://www.phpwcms.de/index.php?id=11,0,0,1,0,0:

(original)

i wonder how flexible phpwcms is and if a layout like this was possible:

(original image from above edited by me to ask for information on this forum)

i am looking forward to your posts.

thank you for your efforts.

Post by **flip-flop** » Sun 9. Apr 2006, 13:10

Hi mostwanted

i wonder how flexible phpwcms is and if a layout like this was possible:

No and yes.

No for the standard rendering: "table" and "css div". (backend switches).
Yes for "custom (from template main block)"
Create a layout at DW or other html-editors and then
you can do what you want and places the phpWCMS-placeholder or replacement character into your layout.

Gruß Knut

pico · Post by **pico** » Sun 9. Apr 2006, 13:12

HI

phpwcms is very flexible, so almost everything is possible.
With the Standard Table-Layout, you will get a Layout like your first Picture.
With CSS-DIV-Layout it is depending from your skills in CSS to get the Layout from Picture 2.
And you can use your own Layout in the 3rd Type by inserting the HTML into the System with added Replacement-Tags for the Navigation, Content etc.

mostwanted · Post by **mostwanted** » Sun 9. Apr 2006, 13:13

thank you for the info.

but/and in the current version there are "only" 5 blocks to put content in?

mostwanted · Post by **mostwanted** » Sun 9. Apr 2006, 13:16

mostwanted wrote:thank you for the info.

but/and in the current version there are "only" 5 blocks to put content in?

oh, i think there is only ONE content-block possible, isn't there?

DeXXus · Post by **DeXXus** » Sun 9. Apr 2006, 13:31

It would no longer be accurate to call them Header, Footer, Left and Right with that depiction. In theory, a header spans the entire top and footer the bottom. All space in between them is "typically" divided, as desired.

You won't find a "ready-made" template, that you can just plug-in as a framework, because more thought would go into synchronization of the upper right corner and lower left corner with their respective header or footer (cross-browser, background, position matching, content placement, etc.).

But, of course, a *knowledgeable* web designer could ~most likely~ accomplish that with phpWCMS.

DeXXus · Post by **DeXXus** » Sun 9. Apr 2006, 13:36

mostwanted wrote:
mostwanted wrote:thank you for the info.

but/and in the current version there are "only" 5 blocks to put content in?
oh, i think there is only ONE content-block possible, isn't there?

There is a method built-in to divide the content amongst sections, to some degree. Also, a hack or two in the forum!