[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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