Template editor
Ramui webblog script has an inbuilt template editor which you can use to edit an existing template or to create a new template. To open template editor click on the 'Template editor' link on the vertical menu of your control panel. A list of all templates will appear along with two additional files named as 'header.php' and 'footer.php' as shown in the diagram below.
How to edit template
This script includes a full screen text editor to edit all text based file e.g. php, css, html, etc. inside the template directory and a file upload form to upload files you require. The most common uses of template editor are,
1. Add a new style in style or edit an existing style: To edit stylesheet open file /template/template_dir/css/screen.css for editing. Here 'template_dir' is the name of the template which you want to edit. Please do not forget to save the file before you close the editor.
2. Inserting an image to the template: To insert an image to your template first you have to upload that image from your local computer to the /template/template_dir/images/ directory using upload form given at the bottom of the right pan. Now open file /template/template_dir/index.php for editing. Use proper HTML/PHP code to insert image to your template. Please note that
<?php echo fw_abs_to_url($fw_template_path); ?>images/yourimage.gif
is the URL of the image file 'yourimage.gif' which you have just uploaded.
3. Editing sidebar HTML code: Best method to insert HTML code into the sidebar of your template file is to add an add-on page element. You can read the code detail how to add add-on page into your template file at here.
4. Change of menu system: Please read menu for detail.
If you want to edit head section or page footer of your template then you have to edit 'header.php' or 'footer.php' file respectively at the root of the template directory. One common reason to edit 'header.php' file is to insert any special Meta tag (like Google site verification tag) in it. One point you must remember these two files are common to all the templates in your system. So any change here will affect all of your existing templates.
How to create a new web template
The easiest method to create a new template is to copy an existing template to a new name of your choice and editing it according to the guideline given above. Here is a complete guide to create a new web template from an existing HTML page.
