[MTOS-dev] "Print this Page" plugin

[Dave Morgan]

On 27-Feb-08, at 14:18 , Timothy Appnel wrote:

> 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.
>

I agree. We have done this using a custom HTML::Template template
with simple inline CSS. We had problems with different browser  
interpretations
so ended up passing the output to html2pdf to get true browser/device  
independence.

>> 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. ;)

Certainly. We already have a standalone perl/cgi script to do this.
However, we need to integrate it into MT. Whether this is as a plugin  
or just a custom
cgi and link is where my ignorance shines :) And of course ease of  
use for
our clients will affect the choice, once I understand the pros and  
cons of each.

Thanks for your input
Dave

Dave Morgan
Operations Manager, Rigskills Canada
http://www.rigskills.ca
dave.morgan at rigskills.ca
403 399 2442
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