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    Posted by nikolic posts: 12 ☆ ☆ ☆

    Where are the smarty template files created within tiki? Are the php files that generate them ALWAYS the same name as the .tpl template files?

    HTML comments (<-- and //-->) should be added to the smarty tags output. This would allow far easier editing in wysiwyg editors and the ability to test at least the tables within a browser.

    I would like to add them if no one would mind, however I would like to know more about where everything is generated first. Tiki is over 1700 files; I don't want to comb them all looking for the code:

    "* = new $Smarty;"

    That would really suck...

    Thanks, and thanks for tiki.

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    Posted by Terence? posts: 71 ☆ ☆ ☆ United States

    I proposed that we add HTML comment tags around the smarty tags (the way XOOPS does) last summer, and a few of us did some testing. It turned out that it didn't make editing in WYSIWYG editors any easier. I personally tested with Dreamweaver 4, if memory serves.

    Can you confirm if adding the HTML comment tags does make editing easier? Please update SmartyTplEditingDev with your findings. Thanks.


    Posted by Damian Parker posts: 2881 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ United Kingdom

    We should only have smarty comments. Sorry I dont like the idea of html comments.

    Smarty comments dont get output to the browser, therefor saving bandwidth on each page load.

    Damian

    Posted by Terence? posts: 71 ☆ ☆ ☆ United States

    Damian, you misunderstand. The idea is to change the smarty delimiter tag from { } to something like or that might make it easier to edit templates in WYSIWYG editors (ex. Dreamweaver, Frontpage)

    See SmartyTplEditingDev for more info.

    Posted by Damian Parker posts: 2881 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ United Kingdom

    MMm, I see.

    The { is too much in our environment now, to make such a vast and wide change. It would be easy for TikiPro, to do something like that as they dont have the mass following of tiki geeks.

    You would need a script to convert to whatever you want, then edit the file, and convert back. But to accept such a global change in Tiki CVS would be a big nono.

    Damian

    Posted by Damian Parker posts: 2881 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ United Kingdom

    btw, I refer to the 3Rules 😉

    Preserve the environment