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Thursday, 20 November 2008

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Explaining your template's "index.php" file. Popular
What actually is the index.php file in the template? In this part we are going to talk about is the "doctype". This is the bit of code that code that goes at the very top of a web page. Here things start getting messy, and to be honest, I only have a vague grip on it myself! If you don't want to be bothered by all the ...
(Hits: 659 | Votes: 2 | Visited: 70 | Added: 2005-11-18 15:17:13)
Hiding a module position if no modules are assigned to it. Popular
This basic "if" statement allows you to show or hide a module position, based on whether any modules are assigned to that page. A typical example of this, would be that you want to show the "latest news" mod on your home page and not on
<table>
<?php if ( mosCountModules( 'user1'  ...		
(Hits: 646 | Votes: 0 | Visited: 126 | Added: 2005-11-20 12:43:22)
Switching between 1 and 3 column layout - the easy way! Popular
When using a fixed width design, you always run into the problem of not having enough space to load a forum or gallery. Now the typical work around would be to design two templates. One to use for the site (2 or 3 columns) and one to use for the forum / gallery or any other component that requires more space. This meth ...
(Hits: 4537 | Votes: 4 | Visited: 395 | Added: 2005-11-20 11:39:53)
Using an image preloader script in your template. Popular
If you are using mouseover images for your navigation and want to prevent the lag time of the images loading before you can mouseover, then using a image "preloader" script is the way to go. Add the following Javascript snippet just above your closing head tag:
<html>
<head>
<sc ...		
(Hits: 1015 | Votes: 1 | Visited: 153 | Added: 2005-11-20 12:58:44)

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