Layout of list of commands, views, and sitemap.

[keith]

On 28 Jan 2010, at 15:11, Nick Brown wrote:

> Hi. I'm working with the Pier 1.2 image from piercms.com, and I'm
> getting fed up with having to scroll down the web page every time I  
> want
> to click on a command, a view, etc. So I've been trying to change the
> layout to be more like what I've seen on Pier sites in the past, where
> the commands, views, and sitemap were in a column down the left hand
> side.
>
> To this end, I've edited the environment to include:
> 	<div class="column span-6">+/environment/footer+</div>
>
> ... and set the contents div to "span-18 last".
>
> While this does get things approximately where I want them on screen,
> the list of commands etc are still being rendered horizontally, and
> wrapping around inside the div, which is a kind of a mess. I can't
> figure out what I should do to make them display neatly, one item per
> line, down the column.
>
> Any pointers much appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick Brown

Hi Nick,

this doesnt answer your question, but here are some other ideas.

The absolute simplest way of putting the commands in an accessible  
place, is simply to put them in a horizontal list at the top. I do  
this in some cases for admin users, where they are normally hidden.

I still use the old pier layout for admin purposes, only I use  
NiftyCorners javascript for the corners and tabs, and made it so that  
the colour and logo may be changed for different parts of the site. So  
for example, user admin can have an appropriate logo, rather than the  
pencil.

What we do is we have all the configuration, layout and styling set  
globally by the Frame component. So you can have two different seaside  
applications with different frame components on the same pier data. So  
typically we have a main site and an admin view of the same site.

We also have Frame Components which use the content-with-style  
framework, as well as the blueprint framework, this means we only need  
to have one layout for pretty much any standard design.

We also have a Frame Component which allow different parts of the site  
to use different Frame Components, so we used to have an admin area  
which presented the old-style admin layout and style.

The bulk of this code is available in the Pier-Jetsam-Environment  
package, though I am so far behind the current pier version, that I  
have no idea if it will work for you.

regards

Keith