The Magical Feature
All of the templates in the Busy Noggin QuckSite have a content area called "feature" which structurally falls immediately after the header. On designs that take advantage of it, it usually spans the entire width of the page; however, it doesn't have too. It can span just part of the page with other content floated to the right or left.
What makes it magical?
This feature content can perforrm a disappearing act. It is programmed so that it only appears if a user places content within it. Add to that the ability to set the feature to bleed or not and this means that every page template has three looks.
Three page templates for the price of one. What a deal!
Example of a page template
with various feature scenarios.
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A template with no feature content placed.
This is what this template looks like if the user does not place any content in the feature area. Both it and its pre & post TypoScript objects are simply not rendered.
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The same template with feature content placed.
This is what this template looks like if the user places content in the feature area (in this case an image and text set in 2 columns).
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The same template with feature content set to bleed.
This is what this template looks like if the user places content in the feature area (in this case a large image) and it is set to bleed.
To Bleed or Not to Bleed. That is the Question.
The container for the feature (div id="feature") can have have a class of "bleed" or "none." Which class is the default can be set via the TypoScript constant "featureBleedDefault" which has a setting of "1" (for bleed) or "0" (for none).
Additionally, the bleed setting can be overridden on a page by page basis in the "extended" tab in the page properties.
In order to have column widths and maximum image widths calculated correctly, you must properly set the "featureLeftPadding" and "featureRightPadding" constants.