This sounds a lot like Apostrophe's architecture! See http://www.apostrophenow.com/
Daniel On 03.03.2010, at 21:13, Joshua wrote: > I'm working on the following architecture for a site running symfony. > Seeking ideas and input for the best way this might be implemented on > a symfony platform. > > Blocks > * Right now I am using the name block for lack of available > nomenclature. You could also refer to these as modules, widgets, > content areas, etc. > * A block can be any independent entity assigned to "pages" in the > frontend. If you go to education.com (as an example, not the site I'm > developing), "Science Fair Ideas and Help" would be a block, "Featured > Topics" would be a block, a chunk of html or ads can be made blocks. > * Blocks would be developed separately of other blocks. There > would be some sort of class of all the available blocks which pull in > the necessary db data, construct and return its individual html > segment. > * In the admin, blocks would be given properties such as order, > active/visible, etc. > > Zones > * Each page would also be assigned zones (left side, middle, > footer, whatever). These would basically determine the page layout. > * Blocks would then be assigned to a zone on the page. > * When a page loads it pulls its assigned zones and blocks then > places them where necessary. > > -- > If you want to report a vulnerability issue on symfony, please send it to > security at symfony-project.com > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "symfony users" group. > To post to this group, send email to symfony-users@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > symfony-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en -- If you want to report a vulnerability issue on symfony, please send it to security at symfony-project.com You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" group. To post to this group, send email to symfony-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to symfony-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en