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[designcode]

Which is your favourite template engine? I am using templatepower. What template engine pixel2life uses?

[Hit3k]

They probably use their own template engine I use my own as well.

You'd probably also be best searching P2L tutorials for "Template Engine"

Edited by Hit3k, 02 October 2006 - 05:50 AM.

[NGPixel]

We use our own system but we can't call it a "Template engine" because it runs using normal includes and not dynamically. It's much faster to edit and build in my opinion. Unless you plan to have multiple skins or distribute your script, you better not use them.

[Av-]

My site runs on html,

[Matthew.]

Cliff, on Aug 4 2006, 02:51 PM, said:

I would recommend using HTML_Template_Sigma and HTML_Page instead, they're the best ones around

A quote from Cliff. As i haven't used either i won't endorse it but i reckon he's got a fair idea

I use my own purely because making one is part of me learning and i hate having to redesign without one .

[Matthew.]

http://www.pixel2lif.../10/template/1/

That's where you learn I'll show you my quick one over msn if you want.

[Matthew.]

I generally don't like the term noob. It's used wrong imo. But you warrant it lol.

If you ask nicely i may consider it lol. I wouldn't advise anyone using it though if anyone is about to pm me to see it (as usually happens) it's a bit very messy

[rc69]

Matt, didn't you and i already post links to our different template classes and then discuss how different they were?

Honestly, the use of a template class is optional, but really convenient. If you code it right, it won't hurt performance to much, but it takes a bit of tinkering. Other then that, it's not hard to learn how to make one.

[Matthew.]

Ahh, Yes i forgot about that. Good excuse for someone to use the search maybe

Just a side note, this tutorial has just come onto the front page...

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1. Introduction to using PEAR HTML_Template_IT Package - Create .tpl files!
http://tutorialcode....tutorial&tut=14

Good timing i call it.

Edited by Matthew., 02 October 2006 - 04:46 PM.

[designcode]

Use templatePower, http://templatepower.codocad.com, its easy enough and came with better documentation.

[InFnit]

I use .tpl files and then just include them when needed (they aren't full-fledged pages but rather snippets of code.) Thats about as powerful as my template engine gets, a switch() in an index page with a load of .tpl files.

[designcode]

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I use .tpl files and then just include them when needed (they aren't full-fledged pages but rather snippets of code.) Thats about as powerful as my template engine gets, a switch() in an index page with a load of .tpl files.

But if you are making a script that you want to distribute, you have to use some template engine, as it separates UI with Logic.

Edited by designcode, 03 October 2006 - 09:40 PM.