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**unknown user**

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Posted: Jul 24, 2003 - 05:07 PM

Hiya, I'm kinda new to this whole PN/PHP thing, and I'm trying to put (basically) this layout (http://www.discoalli…ce.com/v2/templates) onto PN.

I've actually gotten kind of far: this is the theme as it is: http://www.discoalliance.com/test/html/index.php

(Worth noting - all these different dirs are so no one stumbles on the site...we get quite a few visits and I don't want anyone finding this early)

So my MAIN problem is that it will not create the news article boxes. Also, the black line on the bottom is supposed to be running across the entire thing.

I can post the snippets of code if I need to to get help with this. I'm desperate here, and I'll love you all forever for helping me with this.
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Posted: Jul 24, 2003 - 09:50 PM

What theme are you using or planning to use ?

Alf
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Posted: Jul 25, 2003 - 01:45 AM

Quote
Also, the black line on the bottom is supposed to be running across the entire thing.

Sounds like the code to draw it is inside the interior table. Try moving it to further on in your theme.php.

Either that or you haven't got a % width in there somewhere have you? :)
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Posted: Jul 25, 2003 - 05:06 AM

arefsum
What theme are you using or planning to use ?

I'm writing it myself...haha, that's probably part of the problem.

Anyway, here is the major code in my theme.php:

Code
function OpenTable()
{
echo "<table width=\"435\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"$GLOBALS[bgcolor2]\"><tr><td>\n";
echo "<table width=\"435\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" bgcolor=\"$GLOBALS[bgcolor2]\"><tr><td>\n";
}

function CloseTable()
{
echo "</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>\n";
}

function OpenTable2()
{
echo "<table width=\"434\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"$GLOBALS[bgcolor2]\" align=\"center\"><tr><td>\n";
echo "<table width=\"434\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" bgcolor=\"$GLOBALS[bgcolor2]\"><tr><td>\n";
}

function CloseTable2()
{
echo "</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br>\n";
}

function themeheader()
{
$slogan = pnConfigGetVar('slogan');
$sitename = pnConfigGetVar('sitename');
$banners = pnConfigGetVar('banners');
$type = pnVarCleanFromInput('type');

echo "</head>\n";
echo "<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" text=\"#000000\">\n\n\n";
//top of page file
include("themes/$GLOBALS[thename]/toppage.htm");

echo "<div align=\"center\">\n";
echo "<table width=\"600px\">\n" .
"<tr valign=\"top\">\n";
echo "<td width=\"158px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n";
blocks('left');
echo "</td>\n" .
"<td width=\"435px\" valign=\"top\" background=\"themes/$GLOBALS[thename]/pxl5.gif\">\n" .
"<img src=\"themes/$GLOBALS[thename]/spacer.gif\" width=\"434\" height=\"1\">\n" ;
if ($GLOBALS['index'] == 1) {
blocks('centre');
}
}

function themefooter()
{
echo "</td>\n" .
"</tr>\n" .
// endofpage
"<tr>\n" .
"<td>\n" .
include("themes/$GLOBALS[thename]/bottompage.htm");
echo "</td>\n" .
"</tr>\n" .
"</table>\n";
footmsg();
}

function themeindex ($_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $info, $links, $preformat)
{
$anonymous = pnConfigGetVar('anonymous');
$tipath = pnConfigGetVar('tipath');
// begin news
include("themes/$GLOBALS[thename]/storybox.html");
}

function themearticle ($_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $info, $links, $preformat)
{
// article
include("themes/$GLOBALS[thename]/articlebox.html");
}

function themesidebox($block)
{
if (empty($block['position'])) {
$block['position'] = "a";
}
// begin left
if ($block['position'] == 'l') {
include("themes/$GLOBALS[thename]/leftblock.html");
}
// begin centre
if ($block['position'] == 'c') {
echo "$block[content]<br>";
}
}
**unknown user**

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Posted: Jul 25, 2003 - 05:41 AM

Could you tell me which theme , if any you are basing this on, as it will be easier for me to read and understand the logic of what you are trying to do. Thanks :)

Alf
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Posted: Jul 25, 2003 - 12:38 PM

I browsed around looking for a theme similar to what I'm trying to achieve, I never found one. If you want to see how it is supposed to look, an html representation can be found here.
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Posted: Jul 25, 2003 - 01:14 PM

Just out of curiosity, did you have a look at AutoTheme Lite, as it is supposed to be very easy to convert from an HTML layout?
Anyway, the code looks somewhat familiar, as I recognize elements in it, but not everything. What I was looking for was the theme which you had looked at before you started coding, as that could have told me about the structure and so on. I am not a theme coder, so I need some kind of guide-line to follow.

Alf
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Posted: Jul 25, 2003 - 01:38 PM

Ahh.

In that case, I was looking at the PostNukeBlue one, but I'm not basing it off that structure, I just kind of used it to feel my way through it, if that makes sense...
**unknown user**

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Posted: Jul 25, 2003 - 01:51 PM

Yup, but it gives me an idea of what you are playing with. It is kind of late here - 3 in the morning, so I will have a look at it when I get up and my head is a somewhat better connected ;), unless someone else gives you an answer before that. Seriously though, as far as I know you would be well of trying out the AutoTheme lite, since you do have an HTML version / sample page of your new site.
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Posted: Jul 26, 2003 - 12:14 AM

I have a few comments:

[*:f76f72ff7e]The red line with the the red blob in the middle should probably go into the toppage.htm file, as it logically belongs there, and that it is easier to format it there as well.

[*:f76f72ff7e]Your left side blocks appear to be OK, allthough I am wondering about the "1" you have at the bottom

[*:f76f72ff7e]I have not checked that your table widths, cellspacing and cellpadding fit together. I assume they do.

[*:f76f72ff7e]The black should go into the bottompage.htm file, as it logically belongs there (it might be there already)

[*:f76f72ff7e]You have a errors in your tables, ie missing tags and so on. A good tool to sort out those is something called pretty print that aligns everything nice and tidy. You can find it here : http://www.selfpromotion.com/prettyprint.t

Alf
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Posted: Jul 26, 2003 - 05:24 AM

best not to learn themeing off the core themes, apparently they are not best for learners ;)

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**unknown user**

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Posted: Jul 26, 2003 - 05:50 AM

Code snippet looks OK, seems to be a problem with the included files. There's also an errant "1" in the footer.
The black bar seems to be from the included "storybox.html". So at least it's including something. But the only output is:

Code
<table width="435">
<tr>

<td bgcolor="#000000"> 
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Probably it's the black bar you want under the heading, not from the footer. You may have to list the relevant included files not outputting properly.

As I like using Dreamweaver, this is the code I checked, in case you're wondering:

Code
<?php
function themeheader() {
$slogan = pnConfigGetVar('slogan');
$sitename = pnConfigGetVar('sitename');
$banners = pnConfigGetVar('banners');
$type = pnVarCleanFromInput('type');

echo "</head>\n"; ?>
<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<?php //top of page file
include("themes/$GLOBALS[thename]/toppage.htm"); ?>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE width="600px">
<TR valign="top">
<TD width="158" align="left" valign="top">
<?php blocks('left'); ?>
</TD>
<TD width="435px" valign="top" background="themes/<?PHP echo $GLOBALS['thename'] ?>/pxl5.gif">
<IMG src="themes/<?PHP echo $GLOBALS['thename'] ?>/spacer.gif" width="434" height="1">
<?php if ($GLOBALS['index'] == 1) {
blocks('centre');
}
}

function themefooter() { ?>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<?php include("themes/$GLOBALS[thename]/bottompage.htm"); ?>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<?php footmsg();
}

function themeindex ($_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated,
$info, $links, $preformat)
{
$anonymous = pnConfigGetVar('anonymous');
$tipath = pnConfigGetVar('tipath');
// begin news
include("themes/$GLOBALS[thename]/storybox.html");
}

function themearticle ($_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated, $_deprecated,
$info, $links, $preformat)
{
// article
include("themes/$GLOBALS[thename]/articlebox.html");
}

function themesidebox($block)
{
// begin left
if ($block['position'] == 'l') {
include("themes/$GLOBALS[thename]/leftblock.html");
}
// begin centre
if ($block['position'] == 'c') {
echo $block['content']."<br>";
}
}
function OpenTable() { ?>
<TABLE width="435" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="8" bgcolor="<?PHP echo $GLOBALS['bgcolor2'] ?>">
<TR>
<TD>
<?php
}

function CloseTable() { ?>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE><BR>
<?php
}

function OpenTable2() { ?>
<TABLE width="434" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="8" bgcolor="<?PHP echo $GLOBALS['bgcolor2'] ?>">
<TR>
<TD>
<?php
}

function CloseTable2() { ?>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE><BR>
<?php
}
?>

Martin :D