Template module suggestion?

alanzhao

Hi,

Can anyone suggest me a template module and their advantage and disadvantage?

I've been using PHPLib template for a long time, but this time, it gets complex when my project became big. I am planing to learn Smarty, is it a good idea?

Thanks:rolleyes:

PHPThorsten

Yes! Smarty is the coolest tpl engine out there : )

alanzhao

But my clients don't know how to edit Smarty template, HTML template is ok to them. Any suggestion?

Frederick

i develop a couple types.

GAMESITES DESIGN

You can learn more about the template engine from here.
FREDERICK Custom Graphics

PHPThorsten

Smarty templates are HTML files. ok, they are a little bit more complex 'cause of the loops, ifs and so on.

What do you mean with client? The designer creating your layout?

Maybe you can get them lern a little bit, a professional designer will do this for you.

Or you could even seperate the layout from the logical-templates.

so you woul have a

main.tpl -> there is the loop, in this loop you include the

main.layout.tpl -> in which the table-row or whatever is saved.

so your designers just have to edit the row defined in main.layout.tpl, and dont need to do anything with the loop.

but this is very circular.

rinjani

I use Smarty on a lot of my projects. I've not had any problems with people editing their own templates once they are told what not to touch. Make sure they understand that editing html is fine but leave the rest alone.

rinjani

ahundiak

The book "Professional PHP4 Web Development Solutions" (WROX) walks through a number of projects using Smarty. It's worth skimming through at your local book store.

I have used both PHPlib and Smarty but I guess I never really got the hang of either. It just seemed like anything that was just a bit different required coding and if you are going to write code then you may as well write php.

vtb

Smarty rocks! I've just started using it and it is jaw-dropping how powerful it is, and pretty damn easy.

Page designers should be able to handle the templating syntax if you have the discipline to refrain from letting presentation logic in the templates get too complicated. When that starts happening, it's time to start thinking about a simpler solution, whatever the problem. That is, if you start doing a lot of if/else, maybe the template is getting too monolithic, is starting to do the job of the controller, and should be broken up into smaller templates controlled by the underlying php.

drag0n

Smarty is pretty good... You should use that, its very EASY too 🙂

sanu

i am using phplib temp i read about smarty and find it better than phplib ,where do i get to download smarty in zip version

vtb

Woa, that's an easy one! Go to smarty.php.net

HTH 🆒