[aida] WebStye (was stupid question)

[nicolas petton]

Le mardi 16 octobre 2007 à 22:15 +0200, Janko Mivšek a écrit :
> Hi Nicolas,
> 
> >> Start with WebStyle>>pageFrameWith:title:
> >>
> >> The WebStyle catches the doesNotUnderstand from WebApplication when your viewMain method sends self pageFrameWith:title:
> > 
> > Thanks a lot Dirk, now it's clearer to me :)
> > I think the main issue here is that I'm still thinking the Seaside
> > way...
> 
> Well, this redirection is strange on first sight for every Smalltalker 
> too, but with a bit of explanation you can understand the reason behind: 
>   a support for another separation between content and style - between 
> HTML and CSS. CSS support (and style support in general, like "framing" 
> of page with above mentioned method) is therefore delegated to WebStyle 
> and its subclasses.

So, what is the best way to style a site ? Subclassing WebStyle, and
surcharging #pageFrameWith:title: and some other methods, or create a
new class from scratch (since WebStyle directly inherit from Object, and
this class has a lot of methods I may not want) ?

> 
> Another neat feature is that you can change styles on runtime, simply by 
> changing style in AIDASite.
> 
> Third reason: that way you can host a same application to many customers 
> at once, with different style for each. That way you can simply 
> customize you app to customer wishes, but still run all of them from the 
> same image.
> 
> But WebStyle don't hold only CSS, but also images and JS code. Images 
> are stored in methods (so called method images).
Is there a simple way to upload images into method images ?
>  The same goes with 
> JavaScript code. This is similar to WAFileLibrary in Seaside.
> 
> And I'm extending WebStyle to support Joomla templates ...
Very good :) !

Cheers

Nicolas
> 
> Best regards
> Janko
> 
> >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> >> Van: aida-bounces at aidaweb.si [mailto:aida-bounces at aidaweb.si] Namens nicolas petton
> >> Verzonden: dinsdag 16 oktober 2007 19:53
> >> Aan: AIDA/Web general discussion list
> >> Onderwerp: Re: [aida] Stupid question
> >>
> >>
> >> Le mardi 16 octobre 2007 à 15:10 +0200, Janko Mivšek a écrit :
> >>> Hi Nicolas,
> >>>
> >> Hi Janko
> >>> nicolas petton wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I've got a stupid question... where is the code of aidademo site ?
> >>>> Sorry, I cannot find it.
> >>> Do you mean a code, which run what is shown  when you start a demo site?
> >> Yes
> >>> First page is from WebDiscussions/WebDiscussionsApp (in Aida-Parts), 
> >>> then there is WebDemoApp for demos, in same category, and WebAdminApp 
> >>> from Aida-Admin.
> >> Thanks, I saw it, but I mean the main part of the site (ie the header, the sidebar on the left, stylesheet, etc). Does it make part of the demo ?
> >> I'm asking this because in the tutorial the new site is in fact a part of the demo (even if I write "self add: e", the css is still there).
> >>> For "blast from the past" you can also look at WebSecurityManagerApp 
> >>> with a really old code, back to 1996 :)
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Nicolas
> >>> Best regards
> >>> Janko
> >>>
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