[MTOS-dev] "Print this Page" plugin

[Timothy Appnel]

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

>  > 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.

Not to belabor the point, but I don't understand why a CGI is really
needed. Is it just to display the printer friendly version in the
browser? In my printer-friendly pages I used the media="print" method
without incident and no plugin needed. (I think your use of plugin is
what is throwing the old timers off here.)

I can see why you might use the CGI method I you are already
dynamically generating pages like with HTML::Template, but in the MT
world where static pages are seen as a core strength the CGI approach
defeats the purpose though.

<tim/>




>
>
>  >> 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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Timothy Appnel
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