Gryphon’s flexible templating system allows customers who select our custom install option to create an entirely custom design for their news site. This page lists the templates used on Gryphon-powered sites (along with links to examples on our demo site), and can serve as a guide to designers.
MAIN TEMPLATES
Homepage – Typically, the homepage aggregates the freshest content from all the various sections of the Web site. The behavior is similar to a section page, in that the homepage displays a specified number of top stories, ordered by weight and creation date. Additional “modules” displayed on the homepage often include:
- Top stories from each section
- Photo galleries
- Multimedia/video player
- Popular stories/recent comments/blog posts
- Upcoming calendar events
- Print edition front page thumbnail/download link
- Promo ads for special features or coverage
- Featured classifieds
- Other Web ads
Article – Individual article page. Should include comments, comment submission form, images (horizontal and vertical, if different) with captions, other multimedia items (video, audio, soundslides), infobox, and links to up to five related articles.
Multimedia items within the article template can be either thumbnails/descriptions with a link to the item’s page in the multimedia section, or directly embedded within the article page.
Multiple article templates can be created to allow for several article display styles. When creating articles in Gryphon, a user can select the Default template, or any of the available alternate templates.
demo2.detroitsoftworks.com/index.php/article/2009/06/city_center_ii_could_advance_by_fall
Section – Section pages display a specific number of articles (the number can be specified on a per-section basis from Gryphon’s admin area), ordered according to article weight and creation date. In addition to articles, section pages can also other content types, like blog entries and multimedia items, associated with the section using tags.
Multiple section templates can be created to allow for several section display styles. When creating sections in Gryphon, a user can select the Default template, or any of the available alternate templates.
Primary section template: demo2.detroitsoftworks.com/index.php/section/news
Secondary section template: demo2.detroitsoftworks.com/index.php/section/city
Opinion section template: demo2.detroitsoftworks.com/index.php/section/opinion
Multimedia – In Gryphon, multimedia items have their own dedicated section. The multimedia template should include one “top” item (with conditional displays for each multimedia content type, including video, audio, soundslide, Flash graphic, and image), and a list of thumbnails or links to additional multimedia items.
The display of thumbnail items can also be conditional, according to the content type of the item.
The multimedia section is paged, so users can click back through older items.
demo2.detroitsoftworks.com/index.php/multimedia
Gallery Landing – The Gallery Landing page should include thumbnails or links to image galleries, and may or may not include one large “top” gallery item. Image galleries can utilize any Javascript- or HTML-based gallery display solution.
The gallery section is paged, so users can click back through older galleries.
demo2.detroitsoftworks.com/index.php/gallery
Gallery Item – The individual gallery template should include a single “top” image gallery, and may or may not include thumbnails or links to additional galleries.
demo2.detroitsoftworks.com/index.php/gallery/gymnastics_seasonopener
Page – The page template is used to display static-content pages, such as contact information, privacy policy, advertising rates, and other informational, non-editorial content. Normally, the page template is just a slight modification of the article template.
demo2.detroitsoftworks.com/index.php/page/advertise
Blog Landing – The blog landing page contains a list of links to all blogs on the site, along with brief descriptions and other relevant information (number of entries, date of last update, RSS link).
demo2.detroitsoftworks.com/index.php/blog
Blog Front – The front page for an individual blog displays the blog’s latest entries. Full entries, or summaries only, or some combination of both can be displayed.
demo2.detroitsoftworks.com/index.php/blog/first_time_for_everything
Blog Entry – Similar to the article template, the blog entry template should include comments and provisions for attached images and multimedia content.
Search (basic) – The search results list should include at least a headline, brief summary, url and publication date for each returned search result.
demo2.detroitsoftworks.com/index.php/search/?q=student
Search (advanced) – In addition to a list of search results, the advanced search page contains a form with advanced search criteria.
demo2.detroitsoftworks.com/index.php/search/?a=1
PLUGIN TEMPLATES
Event List – Displays a list of events for the currently viewed day in the event calendar section.
demo2.detroitsoftworks.com/index.php/calendar
Event Detail – Displays individual event details, user rating, and map.
Classifieds – The classified templates should include a listing of the day’s ads, a search form, and category list.
