Posted by Alp on 02/13/05 19:17

Thanks Burhan,

That's almost what I exactly want to do. The question is "how do I start
doing that" which methodlogy, which structure, etc,,,

Alp

"Burhan Khalid" <phplist@meidomus.com> wrote in message
news:420F0023.1070509@meidomus.com...
> Alp wrote:
> > Hi Jochem,
> >
> > Intention is to give a user the option of assigning "position" of a
> > "section" on the page, i.e:
> > First: sectA, then sectC, then sectE, then sectB and sectD.... or any
other
> > order that is indicated by the user. So it is somewhat like top-of-page,
> > mid-of-page etc but with a numbering/precedence/sorting (can be named
any)
> > system that populates the page according to the choice.
> > Roughly:
> > <--first section-->
> > <--second section-->
> > <--third section-->
> > <--fourth section-->
> > <--fifth section-->
>
> Alp:
>
> You can implement a weights system, similar to Drupal. In such a
> system, each item is given a weight -- the lighter the item floats to
> the top, and the heavier items sink to the bottom. Weights can range
> from anything (lets take -10 to 10 -- 0 being the default). 1 is
> "heavier" than 0, so any item with a weight of 1 sinks below any item
> with a weight < 1. -1 is lighter than 0, so it will float above both 0
> and 1.
>
> This type of system is good if you are not concerned with strict
> placing of items, since two items in the same weight category are simply
> stacked on top of each other.
>
> Regards,
> Burhan

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