adding html content below menu

[Rasik Pandey <rb...@gmail.com>]

hi,

i am using pelt skin from forrest 0.6 and would like to add some html
content in the space/column below the menu. has anyone done this or
would any of you have a pointer to a resource on how to do this?

thanks,
rus

Re: adding html content below menu

[Ross Gardler <rg...@apache.org>]

Rasik Pandey wrote:
> i am using pelt skin from forrest 0.6 and would like to add some html
> content in the space/column below the menu. has anyone done this or
> would any of you have a pointer to a resource on how to do this?

I believe the only way to do this in the 0.6 release is to add it to a 
custom skin.

In 0.7 (being released almost as I type) there is a new Message of the 
Day feature that allows you to do this, see 
http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/index.html for an example (in this 
example it also appears on the upper right of the page, but you can turn 
that off).

The MOTD can be changed on a per directory basis, see skinconf.xml from 
a 0.7 "seed" site for configuration details.

As the name suggests it was created for a different purpose but it may 
serve your needs.

Ross

Re: adding html content below menu

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

Rasik Pandey wrote:
> Hi Ross,
> 
> Thanks. I will try to upgrade to 0.7 and give it a go. I'll be sure to
> share my findings when I try to tailor it for my needs.

That MOTD facility is rather limited. It is only meant for a small
snippet of text.

The other way is to use the "credit" elements in skinconf with
box-location="alt" which puts an image (not text) into that
whitespace. That is improved in 0.7 but still not for text.
Follow how it is implemented in the "pelt" stylesheets.
Perhaps you can tweak that to enable more than images.

In Forrest 0.8 there will be Views will will enable nuggets of
data to be placed in various page locations.

-David

> On 6/23/05, Ross Gardler <rg...@apache.org> wrote:
> > Rasik Pandey wrote:
> > > i am using pelt skin from forrest 0.6 and would like to add some html
> > > content in the space/column below the menu. has anyone done this or
> > > would any of you have a pointer to a resource on how to do this?
> > 
> > I believe the only way to do this in the 0.6 release is to add it to a
> > custom skin.
> > 
> > In 0.7 (being released almost as I type) there is a new Message of the
> > Day feature that allows you to do this, see
> > http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/index.html for an example (in this
> > example it also appears on the upper right of the page, but you can turn
> > that off).
> > 
> > The MOTD can be changed on a per directory basis, see skinconf.xml from
> > a 0.7 "seed" site for configuration details.
> > 
> > As the name suggests it was created for a different purpose but it may
> > serve your needs.
> > 
> > Ross
> >

Re: adding html content below menu

[Rasik Pandey <rb...@gmail.com>]

Hi Ross,

Thanks. I will try to upgrade to 0.7 and give it a go. I'll be sure to
share my findings when I try to tailor it for my needs.

Thanks,
Rus

On 6/23/05, Ross Gardler <rg...@apache.org> wrote:
> Rasik Pandey wrote:
> > i am using pelt skin from forrest 0.6 and would like to add some html
> > content in the space/column below the menu. has anyone done this or
> > would any of you have a pointer to a resource on how to do this?
> 
> I believe the only way to do this in the 0.6 release is to add it to a
> custom skin.
> 
> In 0.7 (being released almost as I type) there is a new Message of the
> Day feature that allows you to do this, see
> http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/index.html for an example (in this
> example it also appears on the upper right of the page, but you can turn
> that off).
> 
> The MOTD can be changed on a per directory basis, see skinconf.xml from
> a 0.7 "seed" site for configuration details.
> 
> As the name suggests it was created for a different purpose but it may
> serve your needs.
> 
> Ross
>

Re: adding html content below menu

[Ross Gardler <rg...@apache.org>]

Rasik Pandey wrote:
> i am using pelt skin from forrest 0.6 and would like to add some html
> content in the space/column below the menu. has anyone done this or
> would any of you have a pointer to a resource on how to do this?

I believe the only way to do this in the 0.6 release is to add it to a 
custom skin.

In 0.7 (being released almost as I type) there is a new Message of the 
Day feature that allows you to do this, see 
http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/index.html for an example (in this 
example it also appears on the upper right of the page, but you can turn 
that off).

The MOTD can be changed on a per directory basis, see skinconf.xml from 
a 0.7 "seed" site for configuration details.

As the name suggests it was created for a different purpose but it may 
serve your needs.

Ross