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Installable templates

1 May 06, 2004 18:53    

I really like the way Mambo handles it's template installs. You upload a zip file and it puts all of the files in the right local and then you select "Publish" to display the one you want. This could go along way to making b2evo really user-friendly for the newbies. Of course, we'd need some good skins for this to be of much use.

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2 fplanque May 14, 2004 18:01

fplanque

I really need to try out Mambo…

but if I understand you right, all that b2evo is missing is upload+unzip ?

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3 Travis Swicegood May 14, 2004 18:54

Travis Swicegood

Sort of. xMambo/Mambo takes a install package (a zip/gz file) that has an XML file, plus all of the files needed for that template (images, css, js, etc.). The upload take that, inserts a basic entry into the database (stores the name, an ID #, and published status), then copies the files to wherever they should be. Whenever a user reads the list of templates available, all of the info (author’s name, email, URL, copyright info, description, etc.) are pulled from the XML file.

It’s pretty cool. To check out the functionality, go to demo.mamboserver.com (that’s the latest CVS) - that’ll show you how it works on the interface side. To check out the package structure, go to Mamboportal.com or Mambohut.com and download one of the templates. The install packages are pretty self-explanitory.

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