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 CMS: Using conditional template tags with Textpattern

Submitted by Markus Merz on March 3, 2008 - 4:37pm in

Raj stated: "You seem to despise WordPress, even though it's better than TextPattern ;)"

  • Well, are you developing themes for WordPress?
  • Do you want content being different depending on page, category, keyword, article, tag, list, sub-directory,...?
  • Do you have to write documentation for client projects?

The Textpattern CMS/blog system offers a great set of template tags!

In the development process of a website/blog time is an important issue. Doing website development for clients also means to have the ugly task to write a documentation. I am not sure how website development with WordPress is done but I can show you how easy it is to develop a content driven website with Textpattern and achieve a nice logical overview (plus easy documentation).

Let's see how to realize different sidebars dependent on the single output page...

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 Better Design: Cleaning Up The House

Submitted by Markus Merz on December 8, 2007 - 2:41pm in

Can you please step back and look at your blog like a 1st time visitor?
Does the single article view answer the readers question immediately?

Is your homepage a 5* hotel lobby or a cluttered discount shop?

"I have no idea how to find something on your page." Could this be the #1 answer of a 1st time visitor when arriving at your blog?

Believe it or not but this is the main difference between people used to read blogs and standard Susan Surfer. Standard websurfers have no idea how a blog works. They want to SUCK information. FAST!

From: Attracting Joe Surfer to stay: It's the navigation stupid

How many 1st time visitors do you have? I assume that a standard medium traffic blog has between 60% and 90% 1st time visitors. Please don't expect blogging knowledge from your 1st time visitors!

Some basics, a provocation and five 'go read' link tips...

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 New style, new services, new purposes

Web 2.0. design means new revolution in the Internet world. The sites developed in this style share information and cooperate with each other. A visitor of such sites turns in an active participant of the creative process. He can recommend how to improve the site, make some offers, leave messages, write articles and so on and so forth. It's much more interesting than just to turn over the pages. Now all these features you will find on the redesigned site of TemplatesFlow.com. It will have quite different appearance and such characteristics as simplicity, no superfluous details, distinct color blocks, simple navigation, users-friendly search system and many other qualities.
In the new design you will find various modern technologies such as Live Demo, Drag-and-Drop system and many others connected with the simplification of usage of TemplatesFlow showcase. Potential customers will be able not only to observe the screen shot of the template but watch the future site full size and try how it will be functioning – i.e. Live Demo. With the help of Drag-and-Drop system customer will make a purchase very easily – he just clicks on the template, drags it to the cart and drops it. That's all.
“We are eager to represent you new improved image of our site. Before its creating we have taken into account needs and requirements of visitors, their remarks and recommendations.” – says Steve Jones, marketing manager of ArtWeb LLC. “Simplicity and convenience of usage, interactivity and dynamism are its main characteristics. It has no confusing and superfluous elements. The information is intelligible, accessible and easily applicable. We offer modern hi-tech services according to Web 2.0. It's really good combination of external style and internal modern technological filling.”
About Web 2.0.
Web 2.0 is the popular term for advanced Internet technology and applications including blogs, wikis, RSS and bookmark sharing. The expression was originally coined by O'Reilly Media and MediaLive International in 2004, following a conference dealing with next-generation Web concepts and issues. The two major components of Web 2.0 are the technological advances enabled by Ajax and other new applications such as RSS and Eclipse and the user empowerment that they support.

About TemplatesFlow
TemplatesFlow is engaged in designing of ready templates, which are useful in the process of creating personal pages in the Internet or company's websites. New templates appear on our site every day. And now there are more than 700 samples. They have relation to different spheres of human life and are represented in such a variety that every visitor can find template, which coincides with his understanding of life style.
New image of our site will considerably simplify the process of its usage.