Mt4 As A Cms, Your tips and tricks Options

[bruce21]

For anyone serious about using MT as a CMS, I'd advise looking at the default templates provided, then ditching them and starting fresh.

Cariboo, how refreshing to see this comon sense approach! And so true, one can replace the default templates quite easily, even going back to indiv, monthly and category archives sim to 3x, but even more simplified.
Your tutorials are encouraging me that one shouldn't give up or be negative towards MT, simply change what bugs one

[caribou sue]

For anyone serious about using MT as a CMS, I'd advise looking at the default templates provided, then ditching them and starting fresh.

Cariboo, how refreshing to see this comon sense approach! And so true, one can replace the default templates quite easily, even going back to indiv, monthly and category archives sim to 3x, but even more simplified.
Your tutorials are encouraging me that one shouldn't give up or be negative towards MT, simply change what bugs one

Thanks, fellow Ontarian! I find the default templates way too complicated for someone dipping their toes into MT for the first time. Heck, I've been using it for 4 years, and I have trouble following them.

[deeleea]

Hi deeleea,
You can do this using MTIf to give the current page a different CSS class. Here's how I did something similar on a site:

First, I set some variables on the page archive template.

CODE

<MTSetVarBlock name="thispage"><MTPageTitle></MTSetVarBlock>
<MTSetVarBlock name="thisfolder"><MTPageFolder><MTFolderLabel></MTPageFolder></MTSetVarBlock>

In the subnavigation for each page, the page we're currently on is given the class "current".

CODE

<ul>
  <MTPages folder="$thisfolder">
  <MTSetVarBlock name="listpage"><MTPageTitle></MTSetVarBlock>
     <MTIf name="thispage" eq="$listpage">
     <li class="current"><MTPageTitle></li>
        <MTElse>
        <li><MTPageTitle></li>
        </MTElse>
    </MTIf>
  </MTPages>
</ul>

Since you're listing top level folders instead of pages, you would just need to tweak your variables accordingly.
Hope that helps!

Wow, great stuff, thanks heaps!

[deeleea]

Hi deeleea,
You can do this using MTIf to give the current page a different CSS class. Here's how I did something similar on a site:

First, I set some variables on the page archive template.

CODE

<MTSetVarBlock name="thispage"><MTPageTitle></MTSetVarBlock>
<MTSetVarBlock name="thisfolder"><MTPageFolder><MTFolderLabel></MTPageFolder></MTSetVarBlock>

In the subnavigation for each page, the page we're currently on is given the class "current".

CODE

<ul>
  <MTPages folder="$thisfolder">
  <MTSetVarBlock name="listpage"><MTPageTitle></MTSetVarBlock>
     <MTIf name="thispage" eq="$listpage">
     <li class="current"><MTPageTitle></li>
        <MTElse>
        <li><MTPageTitle></li>
        </MTElse>
    </MTIf>
  </MTPages>
</ul>

Since you're listing top level folders instead of pages, you would just need to tweak your variables accordingly.
Hope that helps!

Sorry for the late reply, finally got things where I want them. Really appreciate the advice thanks heaps!