Nulumia
Well-known member
I am really looking to add several more Wordpress-like blog layouts for the listing pages, to open up design choices for XenPorta. For example, a traditional blog list with large featured images above the snippets in single rows, or alternating/flipped horizontal rows.
However.. the issue is that XenPorta only ships with one single layout option - Turn On/Off the masonry grid. This affects XenPorta-wide whether to render regular listings or grids. I can't edit an existing option type into, say, a select menu with more layouts - and it would be confusing to have multiple overriding checkboxes. (My custom "Horizontal list" checkbox already overrides it.. which I hate.)
I could give a shot seeing if Jaxel would be interested in expanding his addon with my ideas.
Or, another possible solution:
I would change the way XenPorta behaves upon the default On/Off Masonry toggle. I'd add a dropdown menu to select the overall layout FIRST (so even more layouts can be added over time):
Layout:
Sounds tricky at first, but I would of course not integrate this unless it's 100% seamless and rock solid.
However.. the issue is that XenPorta only ships with one single layout option - Turn On/Off the masonry grid. This affects XenPorta-wide whether to render regular listings or grids. I can't edit an existing option type into, say, a select menu with more layouts - and it would be confusing to have multiple overriding checkboxes. (My custom "Horizontal list" checkbox already overrides it.. which I hate.)
I could give a shot seeing if Jaxel would be interested in expanding his addon with my ideas.
Or, another possible solution:
I would change the way XenPorta behaves upon the default On/Off Masonry toggle. I'd add a dropdown menu to select the overall layout FIRST (so even more layouts can be added over time):
Layout:
- Grid
- Default list
- Horizontal list
- Alternating rows
- etc
Sounds tricky at first, but I would of course not integrate this unless it's 100% seamless and rock solid.
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