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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pastebin.ca/1616950">http://pastebin.ca/1616950</a> offers an alternative to that, using
<<<OUTPUT ... OUTPUT; so you can just paste in the php
variables to print.<br>
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I noticed that this tpl file uses a lot of PHP functionality besides
printing variables, which, as I understand, is to be avoided where
possible. Perhaps the Zen theme should be doing a lot of the t(' in ')
and if statements in a template preprocess function anyway, to clean
things a little better for theming?<br>
<br>
Aaron<br>
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Shai Gluskin wrote:
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cite="mid:9f68efb70910111946s461b5bf5m3b06711a322be44@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Gang,<br>
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Every tpl.php file that I've seen in any theme is written in html with
php interspersed for putting in variables. I think part of the
reasoning for this approach is that it would be easier for non-geek
designers to read such pages.<br>
<br>
I want to challenge that. I think all those php open-close and all the
"print" commands makes for very hard-to-read code. Tonight, as an
experiment, I rewrote the node.tpl.php file from Zen from html to php.
I think it is a lot easier to read. And it's sure a lot easier to
comment.<br>
<br>
I pasted my rewritten version and the original from Zen onto a pastebin:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://pastebin.ca/1614186">http://pastebin.ca/1614186</a><br>
<br>
Anyway, I'd be curious what other's opinions are on this.<br>
<br>
best,<br>
<br>
Shai<br>
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