[Typo3] Strategy for page templates... help needed.

[Amir Mualem]

Tyler Kraft wrote:
> Amir I just told you!  Go back and read!  It is all to do with the 
> content wrapping, which you can adjust and control through your template 
> setup, and you can even do it from the tree structure via template > 
> template object browser!  Choose what conetnt item you want to chage the 
> default wrapping for and the it will not only show you what the wrapping 
> is but also if you click on the item name you can then edit the wrapping 
> to be whatever you want or need.
> 
> DID you even look on the archives???
> 
> A search of 'css styled content wrapping' turns up 28 possible threads, 
> and several of those deal with what you just said you couldn't find with 
> google.
> 
> As far as applying padding to your inner area - I would add padding to 
> the whole div that holds all the content, and then yes you will have to 
> use the box model hack, but you then wouldn't have to worry about 
> applying margin or padding to each possible item that goes into that area.
> 
> So just at least try look for the answer your self!  I first searched 
> for 'css style content' and had +600 possible threads, so I then 
> searched for 'css styled content wrapping' and got 28 threads that 
> address this topic particularly.  Not a hard search to get at the answer.
> 
> http://typo3.org/documentation/mailing-lists/english-main-list-archive/thread/110097041/?tx_maillisttofaq_pi1%5Bsword%5D=css%20styled%20content%20wrapping&tx_maillisttofaq_pi1%5Banswered_only%5D=0&tx_maillisttofaq_pi1%5Bmode%5D=1 
> 
> 
> The tenth item down in the search and I chose it becasue it vaguely look 
> similar to what I (being you) might want to achieve, and there it is, a 
> long detailed explanation of what to do followed at the end by a how to!
> 
> Its things like this that make us all upset.
> 
> Goodnight Amir, I hope tomorrow goes better for you than the last few 
> days but I also hope you awake with the idea of not being so damn 
> obstinate.
> 
> tk
> 
> Amir Mualem wrote:
> 
>> Tyler Kraft wrote:
>>
>>> Ok Amir here is the answer:
>>>
>>> If it was me I wouldn't use TV for this or FCE.  You have a nice html 
>>> template that is well done (I see you sorted out the box model issue) 
>>> and the content you want to replace into it is not complex at all, as 
>>> its just simple text.
>>>
>>> I would probably template this the old-fashioned way and insert from 
>>> my template the menus (which I believe you've already solved), the 
>>> page title, the breadcrumbs as a tmenu (not a hard tmenu to do, again 
>>> refer to the tsref as it explains all the properties you need and the 
>>> archives for examples), and last but not least the content.  The 
>>> content you can just use regular content items for most of this but 
>>> if at some point you need a more complex specific content item then 
>>> create one with TV or do the old fashioned method of creating a COA 
>>> object to do it for you to insert a specific content layout 
>>> consistently.  You can then through your template setup and 
>>> typoscript manipulate all the content wrapping so that you only get 
>>> h1 with out the css_style_content classes for example.  You can also 
>>> configure the rte to produce pretty clean text for you.  You can 
>>> combine the use of FCE and the standard items as you wish, but I cant 
>>> see anywhere here you need to do this.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately this will probably require you to do a lot of research 
>>> and reading of tsref and the archives (lets just not even start with 
>>> if you should do this or have to do this).  But the answers are not 
>>> hard to find. Ex if you wanted to change the css_styles_content 
>>> classes that headers get wrapped with a search for 'change css styled 
>>> content classes' or another variation will probably quickly show you 
>>> that you need to adjust the TS wrapping, and you can do this in the 
>>> template setup or with the template object browser (check the 'enable 
>>> object link').  The template object browser will allow you to not 
>>> only edit you settings but help you get an idea about how it is 
>>> structured.
>>>
>>> So there is my advice,a and there are many ways to do it, but doing 
>>> it this way would probably take me a few hours to get up and 
>>> running.  and I'm not saying that to show off or be cocky, I'm trying 
>>> to point out that for all the reading you will do it really does pay 
>>> off - often and repeatedly.  Honest I know it takes time but just 
>>> please try it. You wouldn't put a new driver into a F1 car would 
>>> you?  They would need some experience and training.  This also takes 
>>> effort and time.
>>>
>>> hth
>>>
>>> tk
>>>
>>> P.S if your not sure about what I mean by the old fashioned way of 
>>> templating then contact me off list and I'll explain it and show you 
>>> some examples. But if I don't reply for a while then don't get upset, 
>>> I'm in the middle of finals and work so a bit busy.
>>>
>>> Amir Mualem wrote:
>>>
>>>> As some of you may know, I am making a template for my site.  I am 
>>>> using TemplaVoila.  I have recently made a Flexible Content Element 
>>>> to wrap all my content.
>>>>
>>>> Well here is my problem, maybe you guys can give some advice. 
>>>> http://www.stratcommandcenter.com/redesign/fileadmin/templates/static2.html 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That is how I want most of my pages to look like.  Inside that box 
>>>> is where I want content for every page, except the main page, and 
>>>> news single view will have some variations,. but all in all, I want 
>>>> my content to be like that in that container.
>>>>
>>>> What would be the best way to go about doing this.  Basically what 
>>>> is the best strategy?  I tried flexible content elements and that 
>>>> has not been working, since now I cannot use other elements like 
>>>> Table etc..
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>> And thanks for the advice... but I have been searching TSref and other 
>> docs, google, archives, but I still cant find out a step by step guide 
>> on how to change css default style classes...
>>
>> My brain is fried...
>>
>> -- Btw, I solved the problem with this question, simply change the 
>> editing type of the body map in the template objects mapping to 
>> Content Elements.

Now thats advice.  Thats all I ask.  Is that hard for anyone to 
understand? Thank you, and have a good night sleep there.