Hierarchy

There are three components to core2 styles: classes, properties, and functions. This will be a short overview of the hierarchy of the view-related functions and how they associate with each other.

Below are the tables of core2 functions associated with view. Each child is listed below and to the right of the parent.

Table of View-Related Functions

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Functions

For the purposes of this explanation, Views refers to the actual pages that you use to read your DWJ, your Reading Page, Archive.

To get a complete explanation of a function, go the wikipedia route. So we'll start assuming this is already a familiar concept and go on from there.

There are three types of functions: simple functions, methods of a class, and builtin. Builtin, or call functions, are built into the backend and cannot be edited by the user.

Example:

   function print_userpic()

Methods of a class are functions that are declared in a class for the purposes of calling on class properties.

Example:

   function Image::as_string(string{} opts) [fixed] : string 

Page View

Class Page is the center of core2 design. Changes to anything in a Class Page function affects all views unless they are edited separately. Below is a list of all functions and properties directly associated with the Page class.

Page View Functions

CSS Functions

This adds CSS to all layouts in your theme.

    function Page::print_default_stylesheet()
    {
    """<style type="text/css">""";
    start_css();
    end_css();
    """</style>\n""";
    }

If you have specific CSS to code onto all themes using this layout, override print_default_stylesheet. If you have specific CSS to code into this theme, set the external_stylesheet property or override the print_stylesheet function. An end user can choose to link to an off-site stylesheet using the linked_stylesheet property and/or use the custom_css property. Overriding this function is NOT RECOMMENDED. Overriding this function could prevent sitewide improvements to styles, accessibility, or other functionality from operating in your layout.

    function Page::print_stylesheets()
    {
    if ($*include_default_stylesheet) {
        $this->print_default_stylesheet();
        if ($*external_stylesheet) {
            println safe """<link rel="stylesheet" href="$.stylesheet_url" type="text/css" />""";
        }
        else {
            println """<style type="text/css">""";
            start_css();
            print_stylesheet();
            end_css();
            println """</style>""";
        }
    }
 
    if ($*linked_stylesheet != "") {
        println safe """<link rel="stylesheet" href="$*linked_stylesheet" type="text/css" />""";
    }
 
    if ($*custom_css != "") {
        println """<style type="text/css">""";
        start_css();
        println safe $*custom_css;
        end_css();
        println """</style>""";
    }
    }

Title Functions

function Page::print_title() 
"Using standard CSS, print the page title. If you want to change the way this looks, modify the CSS."
{
    print """<h2 id="pagetitle"><span>""" + $this->view_title() + """</span></h2>\n""";
}

function Page::print_head_title() 
"Using standard CSS, print the journal title. If you want to change the way this looks, modify the CSS."
{
    if ($this.journal.journal_type == "I") {
        print """<title>""" + $this.journal.name + $*text_default_separator + $this->view_title() + """</title>\n""";
    }
    else {
        print """<title>""" + $this.journal.username + $*text_default_separator + $this->view_title() + """</title>\n""";
    }
}

function Page::print_global_title() {
    if ($.global_title) {
        """<h1 id="title"><span>""" + $.global_title + """</span></h1>""";
    }
}

function Page::print_global_subtitle() {
    if ($.global_subtitle) {
        """<h2 id="subtitle"><span>""" + $.global_subtitle + """</span></h2>""";
    }
}

function Page::view_title() [notags] : string {
    return lang_viewname($.view);
}

function Page::title() [notags] : string {
    return $this->view_title();
}

Wrapper Functions

    function Page::print_wrapper_start() 
    {
    $this->print_wrapper_start( { "" => "" } );
    }

    function Page::print_wrapper_start(string{} opts) 
    {
 
    var string class = $opts{"class"} ? """class="$opts{"class"}" """ : "";
    """<body class="page-$.view $*layout_type $class">\n""";
    }

"This function concludes the wrapper to the page. Overriding this function is NOT RECOMMENDED. Overriding this function could prevent sitewide improvements to styles, accessibility, or other functionality from operating in your layout."

    function Page::print_wrapper_end() 
    {
    """</body>""";
    }

Layout Functions

This is the layout of your entire dw journal.

Note: Divs are breaking formatting. Work out how to fix that.

    function Page::print()
    {
    """<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">\n
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">\n
    <head profile="http://www.w3.org/2006/03/hcard http://purl.org/uF/hAtom/0.1/ http://gmpg.org/xfn/11">\n""";
    $this->print_head();
    $this->print_stylesheets();
    $this->print_head_title();
    """</head>""";
    $this->print_wrapper_start();
    $this->print_control_strip();
    """<div id="canvas">
    <div class="inner">
    <div id="header">
    <div class="inner">""";
    $this->print_global_title();
    $this->print_global_subtitle();
    $this->print_title();
    """</div><!-- end header>inner -->
            </div><!-- end header -->
            <div id="content">
                <div class="inner">
                    <div id="primary"><div class="inner">
                        """; 
                        $this->print_body();
    """</div></div><!-- end primary and primary>inner -->
                    <div id="secondary"><div class="inner">""";
                        $this->print_module_section("one");
    """</div></div><!--  end secondary and secondary>inner -->
                    <div id="tertiary"><div class="inner">""";
                        $this->print_module_section("two");
    """</div></div><!-- end tertiary and tertiary>inner -->
                </div><!-- end content>inner -->
            </div> <!-- end content -->
        </div> <!-- end canvas>inner -->""";
 
    """<div id="footer">
        <div class="inner">""";
       print safe """<div class="page-top"><a href="#">$*text_page_top</a></div>
        </div><!-- end footer>inner -->
    </div><!-- end footer -->
    </div> <!-- end canvas -->""";
    $this->print_wrapper_end();
    """</html>""";
    }

<source lang="perl">
   function Page::print_body() {
    """<h2>No Default Renderer</h2><p>There is no body renderer for viewtype <tt>$.view</tt> defined.</p>""";
}

    function Page::print_module_section ( string section_name ) 
{
    """<div class="module-wrapper"><div class="separator separator-before"><div class="inner"></div></div>\n<div class="module-section-$section_name">\n<div class="inner">""";
    handle_module_group_array( $*module_sections{$section_name} );
    """</div>\n</div><div class="separator separator-after"><div class="inner"></div></div>\n</div>""";
    }

Date Functions

    function Page::print_time() {
    $this->print_time("","");
    }
 
    function Page::print_time(string datefmt, string timefmt) {
    if ($datefmt == "") {
        $datefmt = "med";
    }
    if ($timefmt == "") {
        $timefmt = "short";
    }
    var string ret;
    if ($datefmt != "none") { $ret = $ret + $this.local_time->date_format($datefmt); }
    if ($datefmt != "none" and $timefmt != "none") { $ret = $ret + " "; }
    if ($timefmt != "none") { $ret = $ret + $this.local_time->time_format($timefmt); }
 
    print safe """<span id="load-time">$*text_generated_on $ret</span>""";
    }

Page Navigation Function

    function Page::print_navigation() {}

Head Functions

function Page::print_head() 
{
    print $.head_content;
    $this->print_custom_head();
}

function Page::print_custom_head() 
{
    # blank
}
 
<source lang="perl">
function Page::print_linklist() 
{
    if (size $.linklist <= 0) 
    {
        return;
    } 
    elseif (not $*linklist_support) 
    {
        return;
    }
    foreach var UserLink l ($.linklist) {
        if ($l.title) 
        {
            if ($l.is_heading) 
            {
                "<b>$l.title</b>";
            } 
            else 
            {
                "<a href='$l.url'>$l.title</a>";
            }
        }
        "<br />";
    }
}

Print Entry

This is how all the functions used for a basic layout fit together. This function will affect how you see your Recent Entries, your Reading Page, and your individual entry page.

    function Page::print_entry(Entry e) 
    {
    $e->print_wrapper_start();
    """<div class="header">\n""";
    $e->print_subject();
    $e->print_metatypes();
    $e->print_time();
    """</div>\n""";
    """<div>\n""";
    """<div class="contents">\n""";
    """<div class="inner">\n""";
    $e->print_userpic();
    $e->print_poster();
    $e->print_text();
    $e->print_metadata();
    """</div>\n""";
    """</div>\n""";
    """</div>\n""";
    """<div class="footer">\n""";
    """<div class="inner">\n""";
    $e->print_tags();
    $e->print_management_links();
    if ($this isa EntryPage) {
        """<hr class="above-entry-interaction-links" />""";
        $e->print_interaction_links("topcomment");
        $this->print_reply_container({ "target" => "topcomment" });
        """<hr class="below-reply-container" />""";
    }
    else {
        $e->print_interaction_links();
    }
    "</div>\n</div>\n";
    $e->print_wrapper_end();
}

Page View Properties

Paste Property explantion here and link to Properties page.

Page View Classes

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