Hi Sergey,
maybe it is a good idea to be able to give (default) templates an alias in the Template Parameters
I have adjusted each template to have a very distinctive appearance.
My default Blog view doesn't look like a blog anymore, but it shows only thumbnails. In the Switch View list however, 'Blog' should be renamed into 'Thumbs', 'Table Advanced' into 'List'etc...
I know what you are thinking: Why not copy the template and name it 'Thumbs'? Well for the simple reason that I don't want to check it for changes in the code after each Cobalt update. It's like hacking code: after each update you have to go through the whole process of checking for changes. I have had my share of that in the past and frankly it can turn site maintenance into a real nightmare.:(
The Switch View shows template names in alphabetical order. So the only way to change that order is to rename the templates. As you can see in the example image, the Blog view is the 'default view' for a site visitor. And that is not quite what I want.
Best Regards,
Jeff
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Hi Sergey,
maybe it is a good idea to be able to give (default) templates an alias in the Template Parameters
I have adjusted each template to have a very distinctive appearance.
My default Blog view doesn't look like a blog anymore, but it shows only thumbnails. In the Switch View list however, 'Blog' should be renamed into 'Thumbs', 'Table Advanced' into 'List'etc...
I know what you are thinking: Why not copy the template and name it 'Thumbs'? Well for the simple reason that I don't want to check it for changes in the code after each Cobalt update. It's like hacking code: after each update you have to go through the whole process of checking for changes. I have had my share of that in the past and frankly it can turn site maintenance into a real nightmare.:(
The Switch View shows template names in alphabetical order. So the only way to change that order is to rename the templates. As you can see in the example image, the Blog view is the 'default view' for a site visitor. And that is not quite what I want.
Best Regards,
Jeff