template_widget() info/samples

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Using template_widget() allows you to place a widget directly into your page flow without the use of a Container. Doing so is harder to start with because you have to edit the appropriate files with the right bit of code, but will save your server a measurable amount of work. Think of Containers as "middle-men" that you want to cut out of the loop and you'll begin to enjoy template_widget()'s purpose.

template_widget() uses ComponentWidget->display() which uses ComponentWidget->init_display() to define the minimum parameters for displaying this widget.

You can, of course, also pass params that are unique to that particular widget.

lorem ipsum - this page is not done. It only shows widgets that are in a 'skin' in the old evo package. Needs to show all widgets with all widget-specific params. Needs to also show the params flow!

Category List

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1. <?php
2. // display the Category List widget
3. template_widget( array(
4.     'widget' => 'coll_category_list',
5.     'block_start' => '<fieldset>',
6.     'block_end' => '</fieldset>',
7.     'block_title_start' => '<legend>',
8.     'block_title_end' => '</legend>',
9.     'display_checkboxes' => 1,
10.     'link_type' => 'context',
11. ) );
12. ?>

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Common Links

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1. <?php
2. // display the Common Links widget
3. template_widget( array(
4.     'widget' => 'coll_common_links',
5.     'list_start' => '<ul>',
6.     'list_end' => '</ul>',
7.     'item_start' => '<li>',
8.     'item_end' => '</li>',
9.     'show_recently' => true,
10.     'show_archives' => true,
11.     'show_categories' => false,
12.     'show_latestcomments' => false,
13.     ) );
14. ?>

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Linkblog

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1. <?php
2. // display the Linkblog widget
3. template_widget( array(
4.     'widget' => 'linkblog',
5.     'block_start' => '<div class="bSideItem">',
6.     'block_end' => '</div>',
7.     'block_title_start' => '<h3 class="sideItemTitle">',
8.     'block_title_end' => '</h3>',
9. ) );
10. ?>

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Media Index

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1. <?php
2. // display the Media Index widget
3. template_widget( array(
4.     'widget' => 'coll_media_index',
5.     'block_start' => '',
6.     'block_end' => '',
7.     'block_display_title' => false,
8.     'thumb_size' => 'fit-80x80',
9.     'thumb_layout' => 'grid',
10.     'grid_start' => '<table class="image_index" cellspacing="3">',
11.     'grid_end' => '</table>',
12.     'grid_nb_cols' => 8,
13.     'grid_colstart' => '<tr>',
14.     'grid_colend' => '</tr>',
15.     'grid_cellstart' => '<td>',
16.     'grid_cellend' => '</td>',
17.     'order_by' => $Blog->get_setting('orderby'),
18.     'order_dir' => $Blog->get_setting('orderdir'),
19.     'limit' => 1000,
20.     ) );
21. ?>

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Public Blog List

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1. <?php
2. // display the Public Blog List widget
3. template_widget( array(
4.     'widget' => 'colls_list_public',
5.     'block_start' => '<div class="NavBar">',
6.     'block_end' => '</div>',
7.     'block_display_title' => false,
8.     'list_start' => '',
9.     'list_end' => '',
10.     'item_start' => '',
11.     'item_end' => '',
12.     'item_selected_start' => '',
13.     'item_selected_end' => '',
14.     'link_selected_class' => 'NavButton2',
15.     'link_default_class' => 'NavButton2',
16. ) );
17. ?>

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Search Form

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1. <?php
2. // display the Search Form widget
3. template_widget( array(
4.     'widget' => 'coll_search_form',
5.     'block_start' => '<div class="bSideItem">',
6.     'block_end' => '</div>',
7.     'block_title_start' => '<h3 class="sideItemTitle">',
8.     'block_title_end' => '</h3>',
9. ) );
10. ?>

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Tag Cloud

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1. <?php
2. // display the Tag Cloud widget
3. template_widget( array(
4.     'widget' => 'coll_tag_cloud',
5.     'title' => T_( 'Tag Cloud' ).':',
6.     'block_start' => '<div class="tag_cloud">',
7.     'block_end' => '</div>',
8.     'block_title_start' => '<h3 class="sideItemTitle">',
9.     'block_title_end' => '</h3>',
10.     'max_tags' => 100,
11.     'min_size' => 8,
12.     'max_size' => 22,
13. ) );
14. ?>

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User Tools

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1. <?php
2. // display the User Tools widget
3. template_widget( array(
4.     'widget' => 'user_tools',
5.     'block_start' => '<div class="bSideItem">',
6.     'block_end' => '</div>',
7.     'block_title_start' => '<h3 class="sideItemTitle">',
8.     'block_title_end' => '</h3>',
9. ) );
10. ?>

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Tagline

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1. <?php
2. // display the blog tagline
3. template_widget( array(
4.     'widget' => 'coll_tagline',
5.     'block_start' => '<div class="bSideItem">',
6.     'block_end' => '</div>',
7.     'block_title_start' => '<h3 class="sideItemTitle">',
8.     'block_title_end' => '</h3>',
9. ) );
10. ?>

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XML Feeds

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1. <?php
2. // display the XML Feeds widget
3. template_widget( array(
4.     'widget' => 'coll_xml_feeds',
5.     'block_start' => '<div class="bSideItem">',
6.     'block_end' => '</div>',
7.     'block_title_start' => '<h3 class="sideItemTitle">',
8.     'block_title_end' => '</h3>',
9. ) );
10. ?>

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