Placeholder in web block info
Just some information on placeholders in flex blocks and not the ready made widgets from Xara.
I’ve got 3 churches that require websites that are suited to a block design. Each church has its own gmail account, and each require a separate calendar for their services. I was a little hesitant using placeholders but they worked well with some experimentation.
I moved in a blank block. Then I drew a rectangle outside the block. Then I gathered the code from google calendar and pasted into the placeholder. I then dragged the rectangle, now a widget into the blank block and adjusted the justification.
My worry was the smaller variant, and whether the placeholder sizes could be handled independently. They can be. For the phone variant I simply adjusted the code sizing.
I’ll experiment more with the sizing of the placeholders, but the flexibility of blocks from a width perspective is greatly improved.
Bill Wood
Charity Web Design
XARA Pro+. WD17, Designer 17. Premium packages.
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