left and right column content

[arossphoto]

I have a site with a standard three column layout. The centre column of the homepage has news items delivered dynamically by a very basic news manager I created myself.

I would like upgrade to a more sophisticated news and article manager, but I want to maintain most of the content in my current left and right columns as they are pretty standard throughout the site. I would obviously like to use my existing header and footer as well.

How much control do I have over the left and right columns, headers and footers in phpWordPress?

I also have a few other questions:

Can I modify the article summaries and full stories to include ads delivered by my current ad server?

Can I an author photo and brief bio be included in the full article?

Can I create multi-page articles? This isn't a big deal, but it would be nice and would allow for more ad deliveries.

I will probably have more questions, but that's enough for now.

Thanks,

Andrew

[Alex]

Andrew,

How much control do I have over the left and right columns, headers and footers in phpWordPress?
You have full control over complete layout. You can either use your own content for left/right column, amend templates to use your left/right content, or even put IFRAMES. It is very easy to manipulate with this.

Can I modify the article summaries and full stories to include ads delivered by my current ad server?
You can put the Ads into the templates for full stories, this way they will dynamically serve ads when page opens.

Can I an author photo and brief bio be included in the full article?
Absolutely. Didn't thy this, to be honest, but it can be done either by merely copying author template into atricle template (easiest scenario) or with couple of minutes of customizing (we can do it for you).

Can I create multi-page articles? This isn't a big deal, but it would be nice and would allow for more ad deliveries.
Unfortunately this is not supported by default at the moment. However, this can be custom-coded if it is important to you.

If you have any other customization requests, please contact sales@word-press.net for accurate quotes.

[arossphoto]

Thanks Alex,

It sounds like it's a very flexible program, so I imagine this would also be possible, but could I place Latest Additions in one column and the rotating Headline News in another with my own content below Headline News?

Thanks again,

Andrew

[boccio]

Sure, just edit index.tpl and place them in columns instead of rows ... (hint: edit <table> tags)

it's quite easy... here's example:

original index.tpl:

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><a href="#" onClick='change_headline(2); return false;' ><img src="{ROOT}/img/back.gif" border="0" id="back" ></a></td>
<td><a href="#" onClick='change_headline(1); return false;' ID="pauza" ><img src="{ROOT}/img/pause.gif" border="0" id="pause" ></a></td>
<td><a onClick='change_headline(3); return false;' href="#"><img src="{ROOT}/img/forward.gif" border="0" id="forward" ></a></td>
<td width="100%" background="{ROOT}/img/play_bg.gif"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><br />{LATEST_NEWS}</td>
</tr>
</table>


how this might look like:

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><a href="#" onClick='change_headline(2); return false;' ><img src="{ROOT}/img/back.gif" border="0" id="back" ></a></td>
<td><a href="#" onClick='change_headline(1); return false;' ID="pauza" ><img src="{ROOT}/img/pause.gif" border="0" id="pause" ></a></td>
<td><a onClick='change_headline(3); return false;' href="#"><img src="{ROOT}/img/forward.gif" border="0" id="forward" ></a></td>
<td width="100%" background="{ROOT}/img/play_bg.gif"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td>{LATEST_NEWS}</td>
</tr>
</table>

I didn't test this, it's just out of the head...

[arossphoto]

Thanks again. I don't know if there is a problem with this forum, but I'm not receiving email notifications of new posts, even though it says I am tracking this topic. I have confirmed my email address and looked in my junk mail folder. I know this is off topic, but I was wondering I'm the only one having this problem.

Andrew

[boccio]

That's strange, all email notifications work fine for me... Anyone else having this problem?

[arossphoto]

I just received a notification of your last post, so it seems to be working for me now. I guess the eGremlins were at it again.

Thanks,

Andrew