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Why Views are not used in widely in Drupal?
The question is so vague.
Disadvantage of using Views module? One of the disadvantages I can think of is its difficulty to configure it properly. Too many configurations needed to make things work.
p.s. this should move to Drupal Answers.
Your question should really be "why do some programmers discourage the use of Views in Drupal?"
And the answer would be because of the massive amount of extra page overhead and extraneous markup that's generated by the module. Those of us who care about DOM complexity and semantic markup wouldn't touch Views with a 10 foot pole on a normal day, preferring to write quick custom modules to output code that we have full control over (and I mean full control without having to override countless template files for specific Views/display modes).
Don't get me wrong, Views is excellent for what it is and a newcomer to programming in Drupal would likely find it very useful. Also there are many, many contributed modules that extend Views and many that expose their data in a fashion accessible to Views so you can build some complex, well related queries if you know what you're doing.
I would also echo what Shivan Raptor has said in that the UI for Views is an unwieldy behemoth at the best of times; I'm sure to those who wrote it it's as easy as pie to use but I have been frustrated so many times trying to find how to make the simplest change to a View that I gave up using them altogether (except for Views provided by other modules that are already complete!)
So to summarise, your question's premise is indeed false, but if you wanted to know some of the reasons Views isn't more widely used then you do now :-)
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I am just beginning my career as a web developer. I have noticed alot of writings about iframes, and they seem pretty neat (pardon the venacular). However...
My instructors always frown on the use of frames. Is there a difference between frames/frameset and iframes? Should they be so negative in their views? Should I ignore iframes (as they suggest) and start learning ajax?
I am concerened about best practices moving forward.
Framesets are totally different than iFrames. Framesets break up a 'page' with a collection of items that contain content completely separate from one another. This destroys the ability to really bookmark anything other than the frameset itself unless you 'view frame content'. (These, quite frankly, are still around for purposes of historic preservation)
IFrames are simply a supported wrapper that lives within any html page that contains information from another page...whether it be a local or absolute reference. So, if you wanted to put the front page of 'http://theonion.com' inside of a div wrapper on some random page...you could...
As far as best practices go, I really can't imagine much reason to use either. If you really want to show content from elsewhere these days, you can get it in many different ways.
In terms of iframes & ajax...well...as you move forward in your career...try not to refer to them in the same sentence as having anything to do with one another.
=2 cents...
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I've been using Paint.NET to create mockups for my web application. They're pretty, and it's not hard to save the constituent graphical elements. However, the process of getting my layout into CSS is completely manual and time-consuming.
I'm aware there are better tools out there for this. Should I be looking at DreamWeaver? I'm not looking for any auto-generated web or data access functionality, and I'm happy to code all the behavior myself. I'm mostly looking for a great-looking layout editor that understands both layered imaging and CSS. (Preferably, one that can map a layered image to HTML and generate initial CSS with the right styling.)
Thanks in advance for any and all insight!
Jeff
A text editor, really.
It's time consuming, yes, but so is doing anything right. I have yet to use any program that builds the design of a website with a level of markup quality that I find even remotely acceptable. Where you may give a div a class of userInfo, most layout programs might give that div a class of style12 or something equally unhelpful. This results in unmaintainable markup, which is especially hard to build into a web application.
So learn how to do it by hand, and then do it by hand.
Axuer can be used to take mockups/prototypes and export as HTML/CSS: http://www.axure.com/
I only ever used it for prototyping.
There are no apps that will make it a css3, they apps that exist will give you a lot of image sprites and css2 and a lot of bugs you have to fix manually :/
So suggest coding it manually or hiring someone who does it(Kinda cheap these days even I would do it if I get paid well enough)
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I am considering creating e-learning SaaS solution so therefore I am evaluating using application development framework like DotNetNuke as a base. I would have loved to use Salesforce Force.com platform but unfortunately it is quite expensive.
The biggest advantage of using stable and solid development framework is that I won't have to concern myself with architectural issues and can concentrate solely on core functionality. Another advantage of using DotNetNuke is that some of the functionality I require like forums, content and user management is already implemented.
Is it worth using DotNetNuke as a development framework so as to avoid dealing with scalability?
If anyone else has been in this situation I would love to hear what you decided on.
Many thanks.
If your looking for a CMS, I would recommend Umbraco (http://www.umbraco.com)
I use is since it uses real asp.net masterpages and allows using .net usercontrols.
It is the only CMS I have tried that allowed me to go from HTML and CSS to a fully working site, without conforming to a preset template.
Edit: And it's free :)
I was involved with one project where the vendor using it was happy with it.
They did tend to do smaller scale stuff - so don't take their say-so if you want to use it for large-scale stuff; your mileage may vary.
Also, I've asked various people the same question. Of those with first hand experience roughly 3 or 4 out of 5 hated it. Still "one mans rubbish is another mans gold", as the saying goes.
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Closed 9 years ago.
I have decided to use framework to develop my own custom wordpress theme? But I'm confused which one to use?
Or should I continue to write all up codes myself. I use 960 as css framework and jQuery as js library.
Any help will be cordially appreciated.
I would vote for famous and feature-rich Thesis Theme Framework.
Thesis Home
You can find out more through a poll conducted here:
Poll – Which WordPress Theme Framework To Use?
I always have used http://wpframework.com/. It is a beautiful framework, community driven, and lock tight. Without all the unnecessary bells and whistles of the costly packaged frameworks.
I'm currently using the Thesis Theme Framework... but the company (DIY Themes) is having some problems and for now, the Thesis future is somewhat unknown, with some partners leaving the company, Pearson (the Thesis creator) with problems with Matt (The Wordpress creator), etc...
So for now, I wouldn't recommend Thesis. I'd go with the Genesis Framework or Headway. Headway is easy to configure with a visual editor which makes things very easy (Thesis is not as easy as it seems, though).
I used Thesis until recently when I switched to the Frugal. Thesis is good if you are at ease with codes.
Frugal is a no brainer and one can actually come up with a totally unique layout just by clicking the mouse. No need to learn any codes, just takes a little bit of time to get use to the maze of options available.
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This is at the framework level, not dealing directly with CSS, so posting to SO.
I just learned about the existence of CSS frameworks. 960 Grid System seems pretty awesome, then I found Blueprint, which seems to do the same thing and more.
Is there a better word than "framework" to categorize this?
Are there any other products in this category?
In response to one of the comments Link to a site designed using a CSS framework (Blueprint, 960,etc)?, "how many example frameworks do you want? he just listed two of them.", I'd love to have more than two examples, unless those are the only two in the running.
Blueprint,
which is "the original CSS framework"
960 Grid
System, which is a tool to have a
grid underlying your screen.
YUI
2: Grids, similar to 960? The rest of YUI is more similar to JQuery?
YAML: Yet Another Multicolumn Layout, is what it says on the tin. Has the most SO results.
Elements, which also focuses somewhat on your work process.
Tripoli.
A CSS Framework.
Here are a few more for your list
http://elements.projectdesigns.org/
http://devkick.com/lab/tripoli/
http://www.contentwithstyle.co.uk/content/a-css-framework
Look at Elastic CSS Framework. Its main feature is that you are not enforced to have exactly N columns.
I think the word "framework" is okay to use here because it denotes a collection of useful, reusable components that abstract away the repetitious and error-prone aspects of a project and allow you, the developer, to focus on the task at hand.
Traditionally a framework is an programming API (which these CSS frameworks are not) so you could be pedantic and say that these CSS foundations are not frameworks.
Seems like "framework" in this case is more like a "scaffold" used in construction, and less like an actual programming MVC setup.
There are also:
The Golden Grid
Emastic - CSS Framework
Malo - CSS Framework
Fluid Grid System - http://fluid.newgoldleaf.com/
Main benefit is that it can contain nested containers.