1) Remodel printpages.php (the output generator) so each page
dynamically instantiates a "layout manager," chosen by runtime
conditions. A plugin layout manager architecture will make it
easier to add new page types, new layout types, etc.
2) Get the (above) layout managers to use Smarty Template,
for defining different page layout schemes, where only a few
database parameters (links, layout types, image names, etc)
are sent to the page templates.
3) Make a configurable (perhaps by config file) option to make
thumbnail image links, when appropriate.
4) Figure out a way to graft dynamic page instantiation (site_bot) onto
a shopping cart package like OSCommerce, so dynamic rearrangment
of catalog contents is possible, and--more important--dynamic
catalog pages, as the result of an sql select statement.
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