Smarty

ca215 · Smarty n00b Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 2

Hi people,
I have a website where I have defined some styles in a config file. They are variables which contain "style=...". What I would like is some way to parameterize these styles, for example I would say {#style_paragraph|align=left#}. Or {#style_paragraph# align=left}, that would require a function defined in the config file. Is this possible to do?

I found a way to do this using the replace modifier, but that is a bit complicated, and you can't set default values. Like saying {#style_paragraph#|replace:"$align":"left"} or something like that.

Any advice is appreciated. Thank you:

Adam

ca215 · Smarty n00b Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 2

I just thought of a possible solution: forget smarty, and use style sheets. Then if I need to change a style somewhere I just use an inline style definition, instead of using parameters. Any comments?

boots · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:43 pm Post subject:

I think that CSS should be used wherever possible Smile

You can even use Smarty to generate CSS sheets dynamically, if you wish to do that. For example, I have a style sheet with both a clean and a flashy style. They are identical except for some background images and colors. So passing a parameter to the css, I can use a single template to produce both stylesheets. Makes layout and other updates easier since it is all maintained in a single place. Smarty can even be directed to cache multiple versions.