Block View Templates Marketplace
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I just had a thought I wanted to toss out there and get some feedback on. One thing I think could potentially be very useful right alongside having themes and add-ons in the marketplace is having a the ability to share block view templates.
I think the Marketplace is really looking great now. Lots of quality add-ons...probably enough to provide necessary functionality for 95%+ of sites out there. I even think that just the core blocks are enough to run a majority of sites. But I could really see the ability to share block view templates a really useful feature. Many blocks don't need a custom view (content, video, etc), but many would benefit from them as well (survey, form, autonav, page list, other marketplace add-ons)
I know that the core team has a million other incredible ideas on their plate that they are probably working on as I type this, but I just wanted to put this out there as a thought to see if it even seems like a good idea or if I'm just crazy. So...any thoughts?
I think the Marketplace is really looking great now. Lots of quality add-ons...probably enough to provide necessary functionality for 95%+ of sites out there. I even think that just the core blocks are enough to run a majority of sites. But I could really see the ability to share block view templates a really useful feature. Many blocks don't need a custom view (content, video, etc), but many would benefit from them as well (survey, form, autonav, page list, other marketplace add-ons)
I know that the core team has a million other incredible ideas on their plate that they are probably working on as I type this, but I just wanted to put this out there as a thought to see if it even seems like a good idea or if I'm just crazy. So...any thoughts?
You can already, actually. There are several add-ons in the marketplace (dojo content highlight, grouped alphabetical nav) that are just custom templates for existing blocks. You don't even have to install them, just create a packages/your_package/blocks/block_handle/templates/ directory and place a custom template file or custom template directory in there and they'll automatically be picked up when a block is in edit mode.
Oh, that's cool. I didn't even realize that you guys allowed just block templates to be posted. I like it! I might start submitting some here and there...there much easier to build than a fully custom block and can be very useful.
You know you guys are doing a great job when someone comes up with an idea and it already exists :)
You know you guys are doing a great job when someone comes up with an idea and it already exists :)
Yeah - definitely do that. I've just added a custom templates section to the add-ons area in the marketplace and grouped some items under it that should make it more obvious that this is possible.
Just found this thread - it might be helpful:
http://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/customizing_c5/how-to-cre...
thanks!
http://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/customizing_c5/how-to-cre...
thanks!
good deal. thanks andrew
