Any chance to get more publishing "options"?

[bayoda]

Dear Xara Team ....

It seems nearly perfect, but only nearly....

What I really miss is a "mode" for PHP / RoR Developers:

Some suggestions for an update:
Publish as now, and professional mode:

1.) Define path to images in Page Setup
2.) Define path to exported styles in Page Setup
3.) Possibility to import & export parts from a design
(means I could for example design the "yield" for a RoR application and export it so it could be easily imported into a "layer"

4.) RasterMode -> like blueprint.css does have one, as a Webframework...
That would be really cool... so column layouts with floating text would be easier to develop....

5.) Definition for "graphics" / divs - that they span the whole page....
6.) Add Additional HTML Code to Layers and DIVs

7.) HTML Code Display not only graphic display...


This all I found while doing a design for a RoR driven Webpage.

Just wishes - but worth a TON and will pay some $$$ for it...

greetings

Mike

[covoxer]

1.) Define path to images in Page Setup

Possible. But not page specific - some images may be reused throughout the entire site.

2.) Define path to exported styles in Page Setup

There's only one "default.css" exported for entire site currently.

3.) Possibility to import & export parts from a design
(means I could for example design the "yield" for a RoR application and export it so it could be easily imported into a "layer"

More details please.

4.) RasterMode -> like blueprint.css does have one, as a Webframework...
That would be really cool... so column layouts with floating text would be easier to develop....

I don't get it.

5.) Definition for "graphics" / divs - that they span the whole page....

Again, I'm not sure what exactly do you mean.

6.) Add Additional HTML Code to Layers and DIVs

You can do it now with placeholders.

7.) HTML Code Display not only graphic display...

Open preview, right click and select View Source. There is no HTML code inside Web Designer, it is only generated on export.

Can you please clarify the options that I don't understand? Some examples could be useful.
Thank you.

[bayoda]

Hi John ...

Thx for you questions... Will try to give indepth examples:

Export Path and Image Naming:
If you have a "clock" as image -> name it -> ID = Clock / export name is "clock.png"

Think of -> export path img src="images/clock.png"

Styles:
Found default.css
Would it be possible to export the div definitions into this css file, or a separate one?


Import & Export:
Think like you did the Tweaks with the dynamic placeholder....
(the yellow box you use)
I could design the whole website, within one "page", only replacing some pieces (call it a special group) -> this could be exported so I could use this HTML Code parts for example in a partial in Ruby on Rails.

DIV Span the whole page. -> see google.com/analytics -> the orange bar is what I mean. The rest fits to the middle of the page. but the orange "bar" flows from left to right...

This is what I mean -> define additional code to divs ;-)
If I set the div with to 100% it will spread to 100%... (hopefully in most browsers)

Hope that I could express what I mean, if not - maybe let's skype on this...
You'll find me -> michael.widmann (bayoda) Austria / Graz

best regards

Michael

[covoxer]

Styles:
Found default.css
Would it be possible to export the div definitions into this css file, or a separate one?

You can set a class name to the div using placeholder (and JS). Then you can specify the stylesheet for this class in the css. Is it ok?

Import & Export:
Think like you did the Tweaks with the dynamic placeholder....
(the yellow box you use)
I could design the whole website, within one "page", only replacing some pieces (call it a special group) -> this could be exported so I could use this HTML Code parts for example in a partial in Ruby on Rails.

So, does the Dynamic Page tweak work for you? If it's not, what is missing?

DIV Span the whole page. -> see google.com/analytics -> the orange bar is what I mean. The rest fits to the middle of the page. but the orange "bar" flows from left to right...

I see. You mean the entire window, not entire page. Well, you can do it with background image (if the visual effect is what you're trying to achieve). All the objects exported by WD are clipped to the actual page size, so unless you use "Disable page clipping" tweak, resizing any div will not give you what you want.

This is what I mean -> define additional code to divs ;-)
If I set the div with to 100% it will spread to 100%... (hopefully in most browsers)

You can do it with placeholders (and JS). But as I say, it will span your div to the width of the parent div, and the topmost div in the WD exported page has a width and height of the page (not window).

[bayoda]

arrrhh - hard to explain what I mean ....

Parts - means HTML Slices -> group objects and export them as a part of html.....
(this is what I try to explain with the yellow box)

DIVs and JS - Fine but to complex :-(
means too much JS code in the design template...

could I send you some screen shots?

greetings

Mike