Changes for page ERDivaLook
Last modified by Ravi Mendis on 2010/09/10 01:14
From version 224.1
edited by Ravi Mendis
on 2009/04/27 02:45
on 2009/04/27 02:45
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Factoring out How to embed D2WList
To version 228.1
edited by Ravi Mendis
on 2009/04/28 07:47
on 2009/04/28 07:47
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... ... @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ 1 -== What is ERDivaLook? ==1 +== What is Div#a Look? == 2 2 3 3 Much like ExcelLook, that vends excel pages, Diva look generates a Web 2.0 interface for DirectToWeb. 4 4 More specifically, it generates pages that are: ... ... @@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ 9 9 10 10 They make use of: 11 11 12 -* ACSS **theme**12 +* CSS **themes** 13 13 * Scriptaculous **effects** 14 -* **Ajax widgets** 14 +* Javascript **widgets** 15 +* Ajax 15 15 16 16 = Why Table-less Markup? = 17 17 ... ... @@ -45,62 +45,35 @@ 45 45 46 46 The graphics designer Eduardo Cesario wrote up his experience of developing his //Organica// design for an early prototype of ERDivaLook on his [[blog>>http://www.organicacreativa.com/organica-creativa.php?area=directtoweb&lang=en]]. 47 47 48 -= How touseERDivaLook=49 +== HowTos == 49 49 50 - == How to settheCSS/Theme of a D2W Page ==51 +{{children all="true"}}{{/children}} 51 51 52 -Diva look introduces a new D2W key: **stylesheet**. 53 -The CSS file computed by this key will be set as the stylesheet for the page. 53 +== Features == 54 54 55 - e.g:55 +=== 1. CSS Themes === 56 56 57 -|= LHS |= key |= RHS 58 -| task = 'edit' |**stylesheet**| //NeutralEditPage.css// 59 -| task = 'inspect' and session.theme = 'Simple' |**stylesheet**| //SimpleInspectPage.css// | 57 +CSS theme you give your application is **fully-customizable**. 58 +However, Diva lacks CSS theming tools (such as jQuery ThemeRoller). 60 60 61 - ==== A closer lookatthe CSSfile... ====60 +Instead, the CSS themes need to be hand-rolled. 62 62 63 -=== ==1.CSS Imports =====62 +=== 2. Scriptaculous Effects === 64 64 65 - {{code}}64 +The effects library used for ERDivaLook is Wonder's choice - Scriptaculous. 66 66 67 -@import url("Neutral.css"); 68 -@import url("ERDIVEditPage.css"); 69 -@import url("NeutralEditToManyFault.css"); 70 -@import url("NeutralEditToOneFault.css"); 71 -@import url("NeutralCalendarDateSelect.css"); 72 -@import url("NeutralAjaxAccordion.css"); 73 -@import url("NeutralEditToOneRelationship2.css"); 66 +=== 3. Javascript Widgets === 74 74 75 - {{/code}}68 +The widgets used in Diva include: 76 76 77 -The CSS file //NeutralEditPage.css// imports a global CSS for the theme, //Neutral.css//, a generic one for the edit page //ERDIVEditPage.css// and CSS files for D2W components used on an edit page. 70 +* accordion 71 +* date picker 72 +* modal dialog 73 +* modal window 78 78 79 - {{note title="Note"}}75 +They are all in the Prototype+Scriptaculous family. 80 80 81 - *IE*hasalimitation of a max.of 32 CSS files per page (and a depth of 3).77 +=== 4. Ajax === 82 82 83 -{{/note}} 84 - 85 -===== 2. Image Replacement ===== 86 - 87 -{{code}} 88 - 89 -div#a h1.edit { 90 - background: url(/WebObjects/Frameworks/JavaDirectToWeb.framework/WebServerResources/EditMetalBan.gif) no-repeat; 91 - text-indent: -5000px; 92 -} 93 - 94 -{{/code}} 95 - 96 -Standard CSS image replacement applies. 97 - 98 -Here, the edit page banner is being set. {{color value="red"}}{{div#a h1.edit}}{{/color}} is an example of a **CSS selector**. Diva D2W page content is nested inside a ##<div id="a">..</div>##. It's CSS selector is {{color value="red"}}{{div#a}}{{/color}}. The page title is marked up as ##<h1 class="edit">..</h1>##, so the resulting CSS selector for that element would be {{color value="red"}}{{h1.edit}}{{/color}} or more specifically {{color value="red"}}{{div#a h1.edit}}{{/color}}. 99 - 100 -{{tip title="Tip"}} 101 - 102 -All CSS selectors in a Diva D2W page begin with *{{div#a}}*. 103 - 104 -{{/tip}} 105 - 106 -{{children}}{{/children}} 79 +Wonder and Prototype provide the Ajax functionality in Diva. 80 +Support for turning on property-level Ajax updates is included (for to-one and to-many relationships on edit pages).