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Re: [books_developers] books-plugins URL and sample HTML files

On Aug 8, 2007, at 10:23 PM, ravi wrote:
> I have one more question: is it only through the CSS that I can
> control the layout or is there some way to drive the HTML layout used
> in the book info panel? Here is what I would like to do:
...
> One way to get this sort of ordering is by generating the HTML. I
> could achieve this using CSS by "position: absolute", I suppose... is
> there some other mechanism I am unaware of?
You can change the order of the fields to suit your purposes by
manipulating the order in the CSV file. The rest is up to CSS.

The only potential problem is that users can override this list with
their own, so it might be helpful to not make it too dependent upon
order.
> Also, I assume I can get to the class name of the fields in the
> fields.csv file by just adding the name to the prefix "books-"? (e.g:
> div.book-genre, etc)?
That's exactly it.

-Chris





Thu Aug 9, 2007 3:45 am

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Hello all, first: a thank you to Chris and Co for an excellent app that is a handsome open source substitute to Delicious Library et al. Now my question: I am...
ravi
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Aug 9, 2007
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... Substitute? We were here first! :-) ... Oy. You caught me with my pants down. Those URLs are quite old and likely no longer work. I've posted a zip file...
Chris Karr
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Aug 9, 2007
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... My apologies! I was unaware of the history! ... I already snarfed the Default Display from my Books directory, but the above will no doubt help future...
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... I have one more question: is it only through the CSS that I can control the layout or is there some way to drive the HTML layout used in the book info...
ravi
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Aug 9, 2007
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... You can change the order of the fields to suit your purposes by manipulating the order in the CSV file. The rest is up to CSS. The only potential problem...
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