some general questions about Mambo

marcnyc · 05.11.2004, 13:35

Hello there,
I have just become a Mamber myself after installing it and integrating it with SMF. Awesome!
I just have some questions about Mambo's architecture...
Please note my installation works great, this is merely for my own curiosity and will to learn.
I have browsed and searched the forums here and at mamboserver and I have been able to answer some of my questions (such as what is all the code in the solarflare template and what '-1' means in the template, which has all been explained here http://forum.mamboserver.com/showthr...t=load+modules ). The doubts I am left with for now are:
1. what does this code in the template do?

Code:

if ( $my->id )
	initEditor();

and:
2. what does the index2.php in the mambo root do? how is it different from the regular index.php that is called?
Thanks to whoever will make me a tiny bit smarter ;-)

twysm · 05.11.2004, 18:07

1) Loads the WYSIWIG editor when some user is logged in.
2) It's used for the generated RSS

marcnyc · 08.11.2004, 00:31

Thank you.
So without that line the wysiwyg editor isn't loaded at all, ever, right? Interesting...
Thanks for the reply

mambovince · 08.11.2004, 03:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcnyc

So without that line the wysiwyg editor isn't loaded at all, ever, right? Interesting...

I'm not 100% sure, but I think without this code the editor still loads, but with it, only loads when user is logged-in.

Vince

twysm · 08.11.2004, 14:51

No, it will NOT load anything without the code, it will load IF it has this line initEditor(); then it will load for everybody, with if ( $my->id ) initEditor(); it will only load for registered users.

marcnyc · 08.11.2004, 20:23

I see, interesting. Thanks

mambovince · 09.11.2004, 02:21

Ah yes, I remember now, I have the following version of this included by default in my Mambo templates:

PHP Code:

          if ($my->id) {

            if($_REQUEST["task"] == "edit" || $_REQUEST["task"] == "new") {

                include("editor/editor.php");

                initEditor();

            }

        }

This only loads the editor when it's actually needed, rather than always if registered user logs-in.

Vince

marcnyc · 09.11.2004, 02:53

That's awesome. Thanks a lot.