Andreas, Atop what Sean said, or rather, to reiterate: Radiant is no different than any other CMS/Blog tool insofar as presentation layer is concerned, perhaps a bit more flexible, if anything.
I personally base my "designs" (I admit it, I'm not a web designer) on XHTML strict and CSS 2, after that I look at the current root-level page that comes with Radiant. And then substitute with radius tags any page parts that require iterating over a list (possibly in the DB). In a way it is not that different than writing an XSLT/XPath template. On 12/8/06, Sean Cribbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andreas, > > 1) The short answer is that Radiant can do whatever you like visually; it > doesn't restrict you! So feel free to design your pages in whatever tool > you want, then break them into logical parts (focusing on structure and > reuse), then import them into Radiant. There are a lot of different > strategies to implementing your pages in Radiant, but that would be a > book-length topic! The typical practice is to have layouts that describe > the overall structure of pages, with various Radius tags to include pieces > of the rendered page; pages that have the actual content in multiple parts; > and snippets that are frequently reused pieces of HTML or Radius tags. > > 2) Look for information on the <r:navigation> tag on the wiki, weblog, and > in the source code. While it's kind of inflexible (I'm working on a patch > for that issue), it does the job well enough in most cases. > > 3) The only "best practice" I can cite is to use standards-based HTML/CSS > (which nowadays means using lists for navigation menus), but that goes for > any website. > > Hope this helps, > > Sean Cribbs > seancribbs.com > > > On 12/8/06, Andreas Semt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Radiants (is that the correct title?), > > > > i want to build a website for a client with Radiant. I started with the > > third install option of Radiant - the full featured blog layout of > > Radiant. However this site should be a 'classic' website, not a blog, so > > i want to include a navigation bar on the left side. My - annoying (?) > > newbie questions - are: > > 1.) Is it possible with Radiant to have a left side bar, too (together > > with the existing right side bar of the blog layout)? > > 2.) Can i use this new sidebar as a navigation bar or exists other > > Radiant specific constructs for this purpose? > > 3.) Are there other 'best practice' to follow or has anybody hints to > > consider for this task (building a simple navigation bar in Radiant)? > > > > Thanks in advance for some help! > > > > > > Greetings, > > Andreas Semt > > _______________________________________________ > > Radiant mailing list > > Post: Radiant@lists.radiantcms.org > > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > > Site: > http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Radiant mailing list > Post: Radiant@lists.radiantcms.org > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > Site: > http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > > _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: Radiant@lists.radiantcms.org Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
