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Custom tags in online-editor

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Luc Chase

Monday 06 November 2006 4:33:42 am

I need to allow users to create a specially formated table of data. The table format will remain unchanged but the data in it will change from time to time. Where is there detail of how to include special tags and styles in the online editor?

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Mark Marsiglio

Monday 06 November 2006 4:53:32 am

I think you should use content classes for this, not custom tags. If you just need to use CSS to style a table, you can add an optional table class (or th, or tr or td) by adding it as an option in content.ini.append, then adding the css that handles the new style.

I have this option in my content.ini.append.php

[table]
AvailableClasses[]=merchantnetwork

When I create a table in the online editor, it gives me the option of assigning it this custom class, which if selected, will render the table with that class assigned.

Then I use custom CSS to specify a different design for any table with this class.

You can do this for any tag, and multiple class options per tag.

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Mark Marsiglio

Monday 06 November 2006 6:08:01 am

I should clarify the distinction between content classes and content classes.

In this case I am not talking about creating a new content class consisting of datatype attributes, but instead content classes that are styled with css and designated by class='xxxxxclass' in the HTML.

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Luc Chase

Monday 06 November 2006 7:57:33 am

Mark,
thanks for the guidance. I'll try that... what I would call a CSS Style Class.
So, to distinguish between this and custom tags; custom tags are used for invoking / including special templates? Could they then be used together?

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