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- Submitted: Jun 29 2012 05:43 AM
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- Supported IPS Software Version: 2.3.x
Buy Now Visual Page Layout Editor 1.0.3
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$20.00
content layouts
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This Hook Will add a new Page Content type, That Is Edited in The Front-end Launched From A Link in Step Two Of The Page Editing Wizard For Pages Using This Content Type or the Page Manager listing on any page with an HTML content type. This is Only Usable With The HTML Content Type On Existing HTML Pages. The jQuery-powered javascript is designed to Seek stock .ipsLayout classes For Droppable Containers(and will let you add and remove these containers as desired).
It is Also Designed to Seek all .ipsSideBlock, .general_box, and .ccsBlock classes as draggable elements to be dropped into these containers in all page blocks, as well as all previously existing parse tags on the page.
A large Selection Of Blocks is available draggable by 'name' with block category/key titles. You Will Be Prompted to confirm the save of your Edits, and then Will be Redirected to the Edited Page, Ending The Content Types Wizard Session and converting the Page into an HTML Content Type. Behind The Scenes, A revision of the page Is Stored, In fact using the very same methods used in the ACP. Hardened Against CSRF. Minifies The HTML before Saving the page, as well as removing extraneous helper elements used to power the interface. Provides a non-coder Friendly Page Editing interface for those who cannot code HTML but need a certain Page layout/arrangement easily.
It is Also Designed to Seek all .ipsSideBlock, .general_box, and .ccsBlock classes as draggable elements to be dropped into these containers in all page blocks, as well as all previously existing parse tags on the page.
A large Selection Of Blocks is available draggable by 'name' with block category/key titles. You Will Be Prompted to confirm the save of your Edits, and then Will be Redirected to the Edited Page, Ending The Content Types Wizard Session and converting the Page into an HTML Content Type. Behind The Scenes, A revision of the page Is Stored, In fact using the very same methods used in the ACP. Hardened Against CSRF. Minifies The HTML before Saving the page, as well as removing extraneous helper elements used to power the interface. Provides a non-coder Friendly Page Editing interface for those who cannot code HTML but need a certain Page layout/arrangement easily.
What's New in Version 1.0.3 (See full changelog)
- Script fix again, done playing nifty inserts.
- Title attributes added to better distinguish blocks.
- 2 stock blocks are skipped from draggable for sanity, ipb_css, and ipcontent_files.
- Preview mode has been removed entirely as it is far too heavy for this interface to be feasible.
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Excellent add-on for IP.Content - easy to install and use. Makes life so much easier without all the coding, well worth the $20 I paid for it.
Highly recommended for IP.C users!
@James - nice review there!
Highly recommended for IP.C users!
@James - nice review there!
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I want IP.Content but i also hate it..... This Addon makes life so much easier 
Does this work with the latest version of content and IPB
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Seriously, this is what a LOT of folks that are frustrated by using IP.C for page creation are looking for. What this lets you do is create a "page" in IP.C, and then bring it up in a new interface so that you can build layouts (columns, widths based on CSS) row by row, so you can have a three column at the top, followed by a two column layout and with a single at the bottom. You see the layout implemented, and then you can drag and drop blocks into the spaces in the layout you have built. Then you can see a live preview of exactly what you have built.
0.o
And nobody sees the changes while you're working on them, it's all sandboxed until you decide to "Publish" it.
Tip: Click "Layouts" first and add a layout by clicking on one. Scroll all the way to the bottom to see the layout row you added, THEN click "Blocks" to see the blocks you can drag and drop into the layout. Then click "Preview Mode" in the top right to see what it will look like. Remember to Click "Publish" to save the page when you are done working on the layout/blocks.
I'd suggest that "Layouts" be the default initial view instead of "Blocks" as you probably will want to create a layout first, and I'd change both "Blocks" and "Layout" to be (CSS based) buttons so it's more obvious that those are controls rather than just links.
There's probably some minor tweaks to this product in the future, but the bones of it are fabulous, and already quite useful. The fundamental capability is awesome and really shows both the dev's skills and gives a glimpse of what can be accomplished in IP.C.
Money very well spent.
James