From Pixaria Gallery version 2.0, the HTML and CSS layout for Pixaria is standardised in order to make customisation simpler. A selection of layout blocks are used throughout the front end to ensure a consistent look and feel throughout the site.
The layout blocks are:
| Text table | Form table | Listbox table |
|---|---|---|
| Used for showing a page description and plain text information within a formatted three column view. | Used for layout of all forms and intended to be flexible enough to cover most layout needs | Used for displaying lists of information such as the lists of purchases in the user account homepage |
The reason for standardising the user interface is to make it easier to customise the look and feel of a pixaria website using only CSS.
Each layout block is a table which is given a class name that allows the use of CSS for all formatting of elements inside it. Interface blocks each have their own CSS class attributes and inherited styles which means that they can be formatted separately of one another much more easily than was possible with previous templates.
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