Rethink

Well, yes, I started off thinking about using Smarty templates on the new site.

Then I thought again. First of all, I want to start getting this stuff off the ground and working. So why should I blow time and effort on starting from scratch with a new templating system? Surely it’s going to be better to start off with what I know, primarily as a proof-of-concept, and keeping in mind that yes, I will want to sort it all into templates later. And ideally with a minimum of code-cruft and work.

But for now, well hell, I might as well just do it in my normal way, which is fairly modular (i.e. templated) anyway, just without bundles of extra stuff. Then when it’s up and running I can run a development copy that uses the templates. When they’re all up, running, and tested, I can move them into the main site. Hey, that almost sounds like something sensible.

I must be doing something wrong…