[geeklog-modules] Center block API

[geeklog-modules-admin at lists.geeklog.net]

Dirk,

This would give it more flexibility. I'm just trying to think of how this
will be implemented.

So... each plugin can configure these variables either tru a common admin
(all plugins - yet to be developed) or individual plugin admin, or via
modifiying the plugin function?

Blaine

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From: <geeklog-modules-admin at lists.geeklog.net>
To: <geeklog-modules at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 9:31 AM
Subject: [geeklog-modules] Center block API



> I'd like to propose an extension of the center block API (which currently

> only exists in CVS anyway, so changing it now shouldn't affect too many

> plugins).

>

> Currently, there is only one call to PLG_showCenterblock() at the

> beginning of the center area, i.e. above all the stories. No additional

> parameters are passed to that function.

>

> I would like to see some flexibility here, so that the center block can

> be placed further down the page (e.g. between the featured and the normal

> stories or at the end of the page). Also, it may be of interest to the

> block which page we're on and what the current topic is, so that you

> could write blocks that only show up on the first page or display

> different content for the topic pages.

>

> This is what I have in mind:

>

>     function PLG_showCenterblock ($where = 0, $page = 1, $topic = '')

>

> $where can be 0 = top of page, 1 = after the featured story, 2 = bottom

> of page,

> $page number, obviously,

> $topic = the ID of the current topic or empty = front page

>

> As a demo, I've hacked the forum's center block to only show up after the

> featured story. See it at <http://geeklog.info/>.

>

> Comments?

>

> bye, Dirk

>

>

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