[MTOS-dev] "Print this Page" plugin

[Timothy Appnel]

On 2/27/08, Dave Morgan <dave at 1001111.com> wrote:

> No, I would like something fax friendly, proper page sizing, pagination,
>  remove menu's and ads, etc

This is a function of your CSS and to a certain degree HTML.

I did this a few times I created a 'noscreen' and 'noprint' class and
applied it to various elements. noscreen where elements (divs) that
were only useful if printed. noprint where elements that didn't make
sense for a print out -- side bars for instance. My standard
stylesheet than had this.

When I created a print friendly CSS file I imported the web
stylesheet, toggled the two "no classes" and then proceeded to
override element (colors went to gray etc) to tweak their appearance
for print.

> That is essentially what we are looking for. If it does not need a
>  plugin it just
>  shows my current lack of understanding of the internals of MTOS :)

It has nothing to do with MT though -- it's just smart use of existing
standards. The procedure I described can be applied to any tool --
even WordPress. ;)

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