Left vs. Right Blocks in Theme

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jul 09, 2003 Posts: 1

This has probably been asked a million times however I can't seem to find an answer. Is there a way to differentiate the look of the left versus the right blocks when creating a theme Question

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 1:44 am

yes there is

Code:

function themefooter() {
global $index, $rightside;
if ($index == 1) {
echo "</td><td> </td><td valign=\"top\">";
$rightside = 1;
blocks(right);
echo "</td>";
}
echo "<br>";
footmsg();

}

in the footer, we make the variable $rightside global(accessible in other functions)
then set right side to 1 before we call blocks(right)

Code:

function themesidebox($title, $content) {
global $rightside;
if ($rightside) {
//right side code
echo "$title<br>$content";
} else {
//left side code
echo "$title<br>$content";
}
}

here we get the value of the global variable $rightside we set in the footer function and we output the rightside block code if it has a value -if not the leftside block code is used

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jun 03, 2003 Posts: 7

Ok, this is exactly what i was looking for, but it's not working that great, i now have of every rightsided block three times displayed. Any ideas on why this is? Or does anyone have a link to a theme that already diffirentiates between left and right blocks?

{edit}
Erm... Oops! I have to look harder before i complain, found the problem and corrected it. I placed some of the code in the wrong part of the theme. Doh!
Thanks guys!
{/edit}