Templates

Template example

Main purpose is to provide a simple alternative to the fairly complicated Signature XML.

The image to the right is an example of what the final template creation page may look like. Everything is controlled with the template markup presented here.

Create custom template

Start off with an empty signature of one of the following sizes.

468x136 (ARC limit)
468x60 (Full size banner)
350x70
350x19 (Userbar)
234x60 (Half size banner)

To start just create a signature in advanced mode with one of specified resolutions then add your template block on top of it.

The template options is set inside a XML comment () on the first line spanning multiple lines down.

Example

<!--
Template data goes here
-->
<signature>
    <layout>
        <text>
            <line>Hello World!</line>
        </text>
    </layout>
</signature>

To test your template you have to switch to simple mode (for access contact antennen on forum, IRC or PM).

Note: When testing templates it always uses the value set in simple edit mode for variables, not the default one. To reset to default values just hit reset in simple edit mode.

Syntax

The template data is whitespace sensitive. It means that indentation is crucial. An indentation level can be either a tab or 4 spaces. Anything more or less will cause things to malfunction.

Group:
    title:       Group title
    description: Group description

    variable:
        title:            Variable name
        description:      Variable description
        module:           modulename
            argumentname: value

In short this means the following:

No indentation means the beginning of a new group.
One level of indentation means the beginning of a variable unless name equals title or description.
Two levels of indentation contains variable properties such as title, description and properties.
Third level contains arguments passed to the module.

The colons are important. Everything without the colon is considered a comment regardless of the indentation level.

Reference

Reference categorized after indentation level.

Level One

Name	Description	Optional
group name	Title of group in SigMath. Must start with a letter and may contain alpha-numeric characters.	No

Level Two

Name	Description	Optional
variable name	title of variable in SigMath. Must start with a letter and may contain alpha-numeric characters.	No
title	Sets group label on wizard page. Default is group name	Yes
description	Sets the description of the group	Yes

Level Three

Name	Description	Optional
title	Sets variable label on wizard page. Default is variable name.	Yes
description	Sets the description of the variable	Yes
regex	Regular expression (PCRE) that removes the matched characters. For instance /\D+/ removes all non-numrical characters.	Yes
value	Default value of variable	No
module	Module to use. Available modules are slider, color, dropdown and input. Default is input.	Yes

Level Four

Categorized after module.

color

Makes a color picker appear when form is clicked.

Name	Description	Optional
No arguments available

dropdown

Name	Description	Optional
value	Sets label for value	At least one value is required

input

Standard text input.

Name	Description	Optional
No arguments available

slider

A dragable slider below the input. Makes sure value is within the bounds on post.

Name	Description	Optional
start	Sets slider's start value (left end). Default is 0.	Yes
end	Sets slider's end value (right end). Default is 100.	Yes

Accessing Variables

Accessing the variables assigned in the template is done through SigMath by $Group_variable. The variable world of the group Hello will be accessed like this.

{{ $Hello_world }}

Example

An example template that utilizes every module.


<!--
Text:
    alpha:
        title:       Opacity
        description: The text's opacity. 100 is opaque.
        module:      slider
        value:       70
            start:   10
    color:
        title:       Color
        module:      color
        value:       #ffffff

Misc:
    mood:
        title:       Mood
        module:      dropdown
        value:       naughty
            naughty: Naughty
            happy:   Happy
            sad:     Sad
    words:
        title:       Personal words
        value:       Haikus are easy. But sometimes they don't make sense. Refrigerator.
        
-->
<signature>
    <defaults>
        <text
            alpha="{{ $Text_alpha }}"
            color="{{ $Text_color }}"
            position="20x20"
        />
    </defaults>
    <layout>
        <text>
            <line>My name is {{ $Sig_username }}. I am {{ $Misc_mood }}</line>
            <line>{{ $Misc_words }}</line>
        </text>
    </layout>
</signature>

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