Maybe something to think about :)

[Nemi]

Maybe it is an idea to make a seperate set of tags for people who want to fully customize their EE?

ex: <? previous_link(); ?>
<? next_link(); ?>
<? the_image(); ?>
<? comments(); ?> etc etc etc... With no html code or any other kind of format. Except for tags like comments() etc.

In that way you can customize the design in it's whole with a code that is readable :D And you don't need to use tables like it is now. I'm used to have a fully CSS-based site.

I prob. be doing some coding my self to achive those results :) I'll post them here on the forum as I'm working my way through the files needed :D

[Pekka]

This is already done in EE. It's called a template. The base templates for list and photo pages is default.php in respective templates folder. I'll add rest of the pages in summer. Index page layout is quite effectively altered in misc settings editor, I'll "templatize" that also, but most likely later.

There is also one task for me to clean up all template variables (meaning text blocks, links and image) from html code affecting apperance. There may be some bold tangs etc. left. Also, text conversion to uppercase, lowercase and first letter upper should be controlled by templates.

[Nemi]

This is already done in EE. It's called a template. The base templates for list and photo pages is default.php in respective templates folder. I'll add rest of the pages in summer. Index page layout is quite effectively altered in misc settings editor, I'll "templatize" that also, but most likely later.

There is also one task for me to clean up all template variables (meaning text blocks, links and image) from html code affecting apperance. There may be some bold tangs etc. left. Also, text conversion to uppercase, lowercase and first letter upper should be controlled by templates.


Nice nice :) been working on on the default.php-file, but there is, as you said, some things to be done in the script. Like the previous/next buttons :) I removed the text, so that it's only the link that is sendt to $previouslink_html and $nextlink_html :) As well for some other html things :) Trying to get rid of all those TABLE-tags ;)

[okapi]

i did a lot of customization of EE for my site, but it wasn't easy.
i think what Nemi means is a more modular system, as content management systems do offer. they work with containers, modules and components, similar to the snippets system in EE, which i like very much.

with an improved snippets code you will have total freedom of customization. one should be able to call the desired code from any page of the site.

[Nemi]

i did a lot of customization of EE for my site, but it wasn't easy.
i think what Nemi means is a more modular system, as content management systems do offer. they work with containers, modules and components, similar to the snippets system in EE, which i like very much.

with an improved snippets code you will have total freedom of customization. one should be able to call the desired code from any page of the site.

Yes, that is excactly what I mean. Been working with Movable Type and Wordpress for god knows how long, and the container/tagsystems are really fantastic to work with :)

[mkarolow]

i did a lot of customization of EE for my site, but it wasn't easy.

Would you be intested in sharing the changes that you made? I love the simplicity and elegance of you site. Combined with the power of EE I think it's a great combination.

- Mike Karolow

[Nemi]

I give up :(
Been working my ass of trying to find a way to get rid of all those tabletags etc in the scripts, but there is to much. :(

Guess I'll have to stick with Gallery and Movable Type untill EE has snippets or tags that allows me to fully customize it.... Without having to make a own set of styles for it... I want everyting to be in my default.css