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• mario2027
  
  

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  Posted: Dec 05, 2010 - 09:16 PM

  Hi!
  
  I'm a PHP Pro?I think I am one?, but this is the first time for me to try a PHP Template, so I have no clue on how to choose one. Do you have some tips to help me choose the/a right PHP template?
  
  Needs for a PHP Template:
  - it is efficient since the PHP parser does the dirty work
  - split graphics by contents, manage theme
  - WYSIWIG
  - Ready to use with several frameworks using the provided adapters (ZendFramework, Agavi, CakePHP, CodeIgniter)
  
  Zikula will help me out?
  
  thx
  Wallace

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• slam
  
  

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  • Registered: May 03, 2004
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  Posted: Dec 05, 2010 - 11:50 PM

  Zikula already comes with Smarty as integrated templating engine since many years, so no need for you to deal with that separately.
  Greetings,
  Chris
  
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• Paustian
  
  

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  Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 02:17 PM

  Wallace,
  
  Welcome to Zikula! Chris is right, zikula comes with a great templating engine, Smarty. The Smarty manual is a excellent reference for how it works.http://www.smarty.net/docsv2/en/. However, Zikula 1.2.4 and below use a little bit different syntax than the usual Smarty curly braces. If you want to see some template code in Zikula, check out a system module (in the system folder of your install). Inside a module you will find a templates folder. Look inside any file in there and you will see template code to give you an idea how it's done. Next, here is a good introduction to templates http://community.zik…&tag=TemplatesIntro and here they are described in a tutorial about developing modules.http://community.zik…uleProgrammingPart3. Finally, ask on this forum as you go through it, the zikula community is incredibly helpful.
  
  I have read that Zikula 1.3 will support normal Smarty syntax, but others can comment on that.

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• nestormateo
  
  

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  Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 09:53 PM

  Zikula 1.3 will stay on Smarty 2.x because Smarty 3 seems not good enough, and there's an alternative to switch to Dwoo later, using the same syntax.
  
  Wallace, as an MVC framework, the Presentation is one of the three layers, and we use Smarty for that ATM. Those engines can be used for custom code too, but Zikula comes with a lot more.
  
  Greetings
  
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