Gallery - I want it table free!

Arbinshire

Joined: 2002-09-11
Posts: 1

Posted: Wed, 2002-09-11 05:01

After playing with the code, and finally giving up to the numerous files, hard to read source, difficult time finding what I needed I decided to logon here. I like gallery, the basic engine behind it is stellar. The HTML is, well.. garbage.

What I would like is :

1. Individual Page Templates
2. One CSS file, or the ability to merge the gallery into a pre-existing page without it breaking everything.
3. Perhaps a table free design. The over usage of TD/TR/TABLE is rather frustrating

-= Eric

vallimar

Joined: 2002-08-15
Posts: 487

Posted: Wed, 2002-09-11 08:28

I believe G2 will be fully templated from what I've been hearing.

bharat

Joined: 2002-05-21
Posts: 7994

Posted: Wed, 2002-09-11 09:11

You don't want it table free. There'd be no control over the layout.

What you want is a system which provides:
* one overall template that you can use to integrate Gallery into your site
* templates for each page to let you personalize the product
* multiple layouts and themes that you can choose on a per-album basis
* XHTML compliance

All of this is coming in G2. In fact, all of the above (except for full XHTML compliance) is already in place, in CVS.

Caffeinated

Joined: 2002-07-25
Posts: 1

Posted: Sun, 2002-09-22 02:13

Quote:

You don't want it table free. There'd be no control over the layout.

you can control the layout without tables by floating your image elements.

the problem I have with a table based layout is that it's static - no matter how wide you stretch your browser window, you will only see 3 images in each row.

using a css controlled layout, your images will "reflow" to fill the available width of the browser.

will the G2 template engine allow us to replace the default table layout with a table-free layout if we wish?

mhjb

Joined: 2002-09-02
Posts: 4

Posted: Sun, 2002-09-22 23:16

a la <A HREF="http://www.alistapart.com/stories/practicalcss/" TARGET="_blank">ALA</A>. ha!

bharat

Joined: 2002-05-21
Posts: 7994

Posted: Tue, 2002-09-24 09:10

Quote:

will the G2 template engine allow us to replace the default table layout with a table-free layout if we wish?

You guys are way ahead of me on this front. I don't know as much about CSS as I need to. The good news is that Gallery's layout and theme API will let you create a new layout that doesn't use tables so that you can get this effect, without changing any core code. (whew!)

mhjb

Joined: 2002-09-02
Posts: 4

Posted: Tue, 2002-09-24 09:57

That's pretty cool Bharat. Incidentally, if you need any help with any CSS-related stuff i'm available.

bharat

Joined: 2002-05-21
Posts: 7994

Posted: Wed, 2002-09-25 03:55

Once I settle down the theme API, I think it'll be a good time for people to start messing around with creating new themes and layouts. If you're interested, I'd love to see a totally CSS driven theme that is table-free.

Arbinshire Joined: 2002-09-11 Posts: 1	Posted: Wed, 2002-09-11 05:01
	After playing with the code, and finally giving up to the numerous files, hard to read source, difficult time finding what I needed I decided to logon here. I like gallery, the basic engine behind it is stellar. The HTML is, well.. garbage. What I would like is : 1. Individual Page Templates 2. One CSS file, or the ability to merge the gallery into a pre-existing page without it breaking everything. 3. Perhaps a table free design. The over usage of TD/TR/TABLE is rather frustrating -= Eric
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vallimar Joined: 2002-08-15 Posts: 487	Posted: Wed, 2002-09-11 08:28
	I believe G2 will be fully templated from what I've been hearing.

bharat Joined: 2002-05-21 Posts: 7994	Posted: Wed, 2002-09-11 09:11
	You don't want it table free. There'd be no control over the layout. What you want is a system which provides: * one overall template that you can use to integrate Gallery into your site * templates for each page to let you personalize the product * multiple layouts and themes that you can choose on a per-album basis * XHTML compliance All of this is coming in G2. In fact, all of the above (except for full XHTML compliance) is already in place, in CVS.

Caffeinated Joined: 2002-07-25 Posts: 1	Posted: Sun, 2002-09-22 02:13
	Quote: You don't want it table free. There'd be no control over the layout. you can control the layout without tables by floating your image elements. the problem I have with a table based layout is that it's static - no matter how wide you stretch your browser window, you will only see 3 images in each row. using a css controlled layout, your images will "reflow" to fill the available width of the browser. will the G2 template engine allow us to replace the default table layout with a table-free layout if we wish?

mhjb Joined: 2002-09-02 Posts: 4	Posted: Sun, 2002-09-22 23:16
	a la <!-- BBCode Start --><A HREF="http://www.alistapart.com/stories/practicalcss/" TARGET="_blank">ALA</A><!-- BBCode End -->. ha!

bharat Joined: 2002-05-21 Posts: 7994	Posted: Tue, 2002-09-24 09:10
	Quote: will the G2 template engine allow us to replace the default table layout with a table-free layout if we wish? You guys are way ahead of me on this front. I don't know as much about CSS as I need to. The good news is that Gallery's layout and theme API will let you create a new layout that doesn't use tables so that you can get this effect, without changing any core code. (whew!)

mhjb Joined: 2002-09-02 Posts: 4	Posted: Tue, 2002-09-24 09:57
	That's pretty cool Bharat. Incidentally, if you need any help with any CSS-related stuff i'm available.

bharat Joined: 2002-05-21 Posts: 7994	Posted: Wed, 2002-09-25 03:55
	Once I settle down the theme API, I think it'll be a good time for people to start messing around with creating new themes and layouts. If you're interested, I'd love to see a totally CSS driven theme that is table-free.

Gallery - I want it table free!

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