Template Engine

[Aaron Clifford]

I'm just in the process of finishing up my php/mysql powered template class. It's pretty simple and doesn't come with the bulk of say Smarty or some other well known engines.

What's the best way of promoting it, adding it to directories etc?

 

[crabfoot]

Don't quite get the hang of this.

I'd say the best way to promote it is to build a site with it and show what it can do.

If you're going to give away "sample" versions, you want a "contact point" site to link to.

But I don't understand why you want to "sell" it as a concept. If it is a nice piece of work, you would be more likely to make money by using it to build sites for end users.

If it is neat and light on resources, it is easy to point out to the end user that it keeps the running costs down by a couple of dollars a month. That is a big selling point which does not take much to understand.

There are lots of people on the web trying to sell templates. Truth is, if one can understand enough code to use a template, one copies the concepts and builds one's own template.

 

[Aaron Clifford]

I think you've misunderstood it's a php/mysql template engine, not templates. It's for people wanting to seperate there code & design. It's a free template class, I was just interested to know if anyone had released any scripts and If they knew of ways of getting it out there. I have a site already.

 

[tifosi]

try phpclasses.org

Not sure just how popular template engines are these days. Just seems like an overhead to php when most frameworks using MVC architecture use simple php loops & variables etc in the views.

S

 

[fresh79]

Not sure just how popular template engines are these days.
S

I agree
Ive worked with some in the past, but nowdays - why bother?
wordpress all the way now for me, fantastico or installatron, add a theme and a nice site in under 5 mins!
for bespoke cms stuff i use modx
both are getting smaller and more lightweight by each update.

for ideas about your template engine check this out
19-promising-php-template-engines

 

[crabfoot]

Well, it might have advantages - like allowing a very easy maintenance interface for unskilled users, or fast page load speeds for the crawlers (very important when the de-compression is done on the cheap), but we are not being told about that.

 

[Aaron Clifford]

I will post up what it does when its finished .I have taken on board everything you have said.