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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:58:24 +1000
From: David Crossley <crossley@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: adding html content below menu
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Rasik Pandey wrote:
> Hi Ross,
> 
> Thanks. I will try to upgrade to 0.7 and give it a go. I'll be sure to
> share my findings when I try to tailor it for my needs.

That MOTD facility is rather limited. It is only meant for a small
snippet of text.

The other way is to use the "credit" elements in skinconf with
box-location="alt" which puts an image (not text) into that
whitespace. That is improved in 0.7 but still not for text.
Follow how it is implemented in the "pelt" stylesheets.
Perhaps you can tweak that to enable more than images.

In Forrest 0.8 there will be Views will will enable nuggets of
data to be placed in various page locations.

-David

> On 6/23/05, Ross Gardler <rgardler@apache.org> wrote:
> > Rasik Pandey wrote:
> > > i am using pelt skin from forrest 0.6 and would like to add some html
> > > content in the space/column below the menu. has anyone done this or
> > > would any of you have a pointer to a resource on how to do this?
> > 
> > I believe the only way to do this in the 0.6 release is to add it to a
> > custom skin.
> > 
> > In 0.7 (being released almost as I type) there is a new Message of the
> > Day feature that allows you to do this, see
> > http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/index.html for an example (in this
> > example it also appears on the upper right of the page, but you can turn
> > that off).
> > 
> > The MOTD can be changed on a per directory basis, see skinconf.xml from
> > a 0.7 "seed" site for configuration details.
> > 
> > As the name suggests it was created for a different purpose but it may
> > serve your needs.
> > 
> > Ross
> >