Tim Cinel » logon2 http://www.timcinel.com It's my soapbox Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:25:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Pretty Smarties – Pretty URLs through Smarty made Simple http://www.timcinel.com/2009/pretty-smarties-pretty-urls-through-smarty-made-simple http://www.timcinel.com/2009/pretty-smarties-pretty-urls-through-smarty-made-simple#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:43:27 +0000 Tim Cinel http://www.timcinel.com/?p=203 Continue reading →]]> Pretty SmartiesDeciding what template system to use when designing and developing a website can be difficult. For beginners and the lazy, Dreamweaver’s DWT files are fine but they are difficult and clumsy to maintain and update. Besides, they are messy.

Being a logical and rational person, I want to separate content from layout and with a preference for PHP I decided it was time to build a simple template system.

A few weeks later and after using it to drive a couple of my websites, here’s what Pretty Smarties has to offer:

  • Uses Smarty template engine  – Easy to learn (That is, if you don’t already know it)
  • Pretty URLs – Great for search engines and humans ( http://www.site.com/urls/like/this )
  • SEO Optimisation – Reduced duplication by redirecting to correct host, and applying consistent “/” suffix.
  • Easy to implement optional page components – Simply add or remove files to add or remove components
  • Template updates are instantly applied
  • Swap template by changing 1 line

Source and documentation will be posted on the logon2 blog this week.

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