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HotInk / hotink

Web-publishing application for Canadian University Press
http://hotink.net
MIT License
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Can we get support for sidebars? #18

Open ZerothLaw opened 14 years ago

ZerothLaw commented 14 years ago

Sidebars are a common element for large, fact-complex articles in papers, yet, we can't do sidebars on Hot Ink. Not many CMS' support them yet, and it would be an excellent feature, especially in addition to the preview feature.

The way this would be done with be new css for the div around the text, that would float it left or right, and add a new background color.

chrisdinn commented 14 years ago

I think this is exactly the kind of feature Hot Ink could differentiate itself from other products. In my mind, sidebars are mainly a UI design challenge.

How do we include them on the article edit page? Obviously, sidebars are optional. Maybe an "Add sidebar" button? Can there be more than one sidebar? How would be address that on the site templates?

I'll think a little bit on it and see if I can answer some of those questions. Do you have any thoughts?

ZerothLaw commented 14 years ago

Hmm, Add sidebar button. It would add a div around the selected text, and there'd be a section in the CSS that modifies the placement and appearance of the sidebar. Probably allow for multiple side-bars, especially for some of the really large articles we've done at The Phoenix. For the site-templates, all you'd need is a section in the css, since sidebars are pretty small. They're fairly simple, a box of text, with a larger title, and often colored differently from the rest of the article. They can have borders but borders aren't necessary.