Are random template (?) styles possible?

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Are random template (?) styles possible?

Post by John Oxlade » Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:11 pm

I have been asked to look at the possibility of producing a magazine-style site.
Thinking through concepts, I don't want the entire site to use the same style - which is easy enough to implement with different templates - but what would also be quite "interesting" would be able to have multiple styles imposed on articles within a category-blog layout.
I was thinking that (say) 10 or 12 different styles (not radically different so as they looked consistent) would be a realistic maximum.
Is this even possible??

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Re: Are random template (?) styles possible?

Post by ranwilli » Mon Aug 22, 2016 11:23 pm

One can "assign" templates, and template styles to menu items.
Some templates may support this better than others.
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Re: Are random template (?) styles possible?

Post by John Oxlade » Mon Aug 22, 2016 11:26 pm

ranwilli wrote:One can "assign" templates, and template styles to menu items.
Some templates may support this better than others.
Yes I know this can be done and I have done it in the past, but I wondered if it was possible to apply different styles to individual articles within a category-blog layout.

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Re: Are random template (?) styles possible?

Post by ranwilli » Mon Aug 22, 2016 11:37 pm

John Oxlade wrote:
ranwilli wrote:One can "assign" templates, and template styles to menu items.
Some templates may support this better than others.
Yes I know this can be done and I have done it in the past, but I wondered if it was possible to apply different styles to individual articles within a category-blog layout.
hmmm,

If I had that requirement, I would try to solve it with Regular Labs "Content Templater."
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