I read through the docs (well skimmed on my lunch break) and this looks just what I was looking for coming from being familar with Zend Layout.

I have installed and set up Matchbox on my CI Demo and wondering if there is anything I need to change or be aware of when setting up a master template to use with module views?

Thanks

hey, well, the first thing you’ll want to do is get off this old thread and get on to the new one:

http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/88452/

@Colin Cool…..Great stuff!

Q) With this lib, is it possible to call controllers from view? ex; If I want to call list_latest_post() on side bar of my template for every page?

Also, it would be grate if you could compile documentations into a download package.

hi tony… it would be better for you to post your message to the template library version 1.4 thread. this thread has been dead since August 17th, 2008 - see previous posts for link to new thread.

Hi, I have been reading the users guide given in

http://williamsconcepts.com/ci/codeigniter/libraries/template/reference.html

It is very good, however I am unable to test them due to the following reasons, I would request Colin Williams to look into this issue,

I have 2 issues,

My reference is with respect to the following code in the user manul.

1) Issue 1

class Page extends Controller {
 
  function Page()
  {
    parent::Controller();
  }
 
  function index()
  {
    // Write to $title
    $this->template->write(‘title’, ‘Welcome to the Template Library Docs!’);
   
    // Write to $content
    $this->template->write_view(‘content’, ‘post’);
   
    // Write to $sidebar
    $this->template->write_view(‘sidebar’, ‘common/sidebar’);
   
    // Render the template
    $this->template->render();
  }

Take a look at the bold items in Blue color, this command is expecting me to have a post.php in the views folder, however this file is neither present in the template download nor described in the user manual. The same case is with respect to common/sidebar.php.

2) Issue 2

My output does not have colors / borders as given in the user guide, is there any css file I need to keep? or is there anything else I am missing?

I would appreciate if some one can help me to address the above.

Regards
Narayanan

Narayanan

1) Before using Template, please familiarize yourself with CodeIgniter Views (see the CodeIgniter User Guide). This will answer your questions about what post.php and common/sidebar.php should contain and where to create them.

2) Please download Template 1.4 and move discussion to the Template 1.4 thread at http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/88452/