Free Nodelet Hack: Fake A Nodelet

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in reply to Free Nodelet Hack: Mini Super Search
in thread Super Search discouraged?

Scenario: You want to make your own nodelet which behaves exactly like a real nodelet, to contain certain custom content. (We'll call this content B, for Body.)

Solution: Edit your Free Nodelet and duplicate the same form of "separator" html which occurs between actual nodelets.

Implementation: View the html source and see what stuff goes between each nodelet. (We'll call this stuff H, for Header.) Put B at the bottom of your Free Nodelet, and put H just above it. Be sure to customize the content of H for titles, IDs, etc.

For example, if you wanted to make a "real" nodelet out of your Mini Super Search form, you could put the following H above the form code:

        </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
<!-- Nodelet Break -->
    <tbody class="nodelet" id="Mini_Super_Search">
      <tr class="nodelet_head_row" id="nodelet_head_row_Mini_Super_Sea
+rch">
        <th class="nodehead">
          Mini Super Search
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr class="nodelet_body_row" id="nodelet_body_row_Mini_Super_Sea
+rch">
        <td class="nodebody">

PS — If you set "display nodelets as div" in your Display Settings, you will have to adjust the above to reflect the use of div rather than table/tr/td.