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What does the "elements" layout type do?
When doing a custom design, and adding a layout page, you can choose different types of layouts, e.g. "Page", "blog and news", etc.
One of them is "elements" - what does this do?
One of them is "elements" - what does this do?
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Inappropriate?Hi! Elements is an early-beta stage feature that allows site administrators to create custom-typed content objects (such as product catalog or job offerings) in normalized manner. It will be available for PRO customers only.
How does it work? We will write an introductory post on our blog when we find this feature is ready to hit the larger audience.
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Inappropriate?This sounds exactly like what I thought it was, and also exactly what I need - am I able to use it yet (prior to documentation/announcement)?
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Inappropriate?It would be cool if you could describe what do you have in mind and what you'd like to achieve with this feature. You can share it with other users in here or send an e-mail to support@edicy.com
If elements feature matches with your expectations we can help with configuring custom objects on your site.
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Inappropriate?When you click an editable content area, a little 4x2 box pops up, with options for Font, Size, Link, Image, Map, etc. One of these buttons ought to be "Element". Clicking it brings a drop-down of the names of all the Element-type layouts you've made. Clicking one inserts that element into the content.
The insertion of elements inline into content areas is the tricky part, and it depends heavily on the intended operation of elements. There are two options. (1) the element is just a "snippet" of predefined text/code which is pasted into the edit box and becomes editable. (2) the element has both editable and read-only areas; when it is inserted, only the defined content areas inside the element are editable, while its surrounding code/text is not.
The latter option is far more exciting, for two reasons. Firstly, it would allow people to easily insert more complex blocks of code into the content area in a standardised way, and without any mess. But more importantly, if you wanted to change the implementation of that element later on, it would update all of the instances, just like a layout would.
For example: I insert the element "business card", which is a complex set of DIVs and styles to make a pretty box with a picture and a few lines, for use on an "employees" page. Only the image and the text is editable, not the implementation in terms of DIVs and styles. Later on we decide our virtual business cards should all be blue; changing the element updates all of the instances.
The main question is how to make it so only the defined editable content areas within an element are editable. You would probably have to popup a new edit window, where you edit the element in isolation. When you click "OK", the element is inserted into the page. It would have to be inserted as a placeholder, as it cannot be editable (other than to completely delete it); this placeholder would render as just as an image, or table, or similar, until outside of edit mode. In HTML view, the element placeholder could be a custom tag like {% element name="video" %} or <element name="video">, with parameters inside.
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