[devtalk] Straw poll - templating

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

Hi All,

I'm working on the development of a content and document management  
system and I need a bit of advice on how to structure the templating  
system.

At the moment, there is a file called page.class.php and within this  
class is a function that holds the xHTML for the site template.  This  
is less than ideal so I'm thinking about moving to a more suitable  
template format.

The question I need help with is as follows:

When creating a template for a content management system, what would  
you prefer?

1) A single file that contains all the xHTML code as part of the core CMS?
2) A directory structure as show below?
3) A series of files in a single directory such as  
header/body/footer.php/html?
4) A set of defined DIVs that are then positioned and styled use CSS?

The directory structure would be similar to the following:

/templates
   |
   |_ <TEMPLATE_NAME>
          |
          |_ images
          |
          |_ javascript
          |
          |_ css
          |
          |_ index.html/php (this would contain the outline of the  
page including the calls to the various content and menu classes)

Thanks all,

M.

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Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
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