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WARNING: USE ONLY WITH JAVASCRIPT! The backend of this plugin works only with browser with javascript enabled
This plugin allows to dynamically activate the widgets system on a WordPress page, creating complex layouts.
You can define new layout via the function <code>register_layout()</code> in the function.php file of your theme. 
The plugin define two sample defaults layouts that you can see in Screenshots section.
e.g.
<pre><code><?php
// <your_theme>/function.php
if ( function_exists('register_layout') ){
 register_layout(array(
 'name' => 'Name of Layout',
 'zones' => array( 'name of zone one', 'name of zone two', 'name of zone three' [, ...] ),
 'thumbnail' => 'thumbnail-of-layout.jpg', // with extension (jpg/gif/png)
 'template' => 'name-of-php-template-file' // without extension
 ));
}
?>
</code></pre>
The code of the new template plans to use a new property of the global object $post: $post-> layout
e.g.
<pre><code><?php 
$zones = $post->layout['zones'];
foreach ($zones as $zone){
 dynamic_sidebar($zones[0])
}
?>
</code></pre>
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The php template file should be placed in the folder <code>layouts</code> of your theme folder (<code>/wp-content/themes/<your_theme>/layouts/<name-of-php-template-file>.php</code>) or in the plugin folder (<code>/wp-content/plugins/page-layout/layouts/<name-of-php-template-file>.php</code>) if you want the layout to be independent from the theme.
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The thumbnail should be placed in the child folder of <code>layouts</code>: <code>layouts/thumb/<thumbnail-of-layout.jpg></code>.
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If you want to include also a related css file separate from the theme installed you can create it in <code>/wp-content/plugins/page-layout/css/page-layout-general.css</code> or for each php template <code>/wp-content/plugins/page-layout/css/page-layout-<name-of-php-template-file>.css</code>.
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The plugin include a simple widget to display the content of current page
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<h4>Licence</h4>
This plugin is released under the GPL, you can use it free of charge on your personal or commercial blog.
<h4>Translations</h4>
If you want to help to translate the plugin to your language, please have a look at the .pot file which contains all defintions and may be used with a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/" rel="nofollow ugc">gettext</a> editor like <a href="http://www.poedit.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">Poedit</a> (Windows). 
Please refer to the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language" title="Installing WordPress in Your Language" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Codex</a> for more information.

Page Layout

Page Layout allows to define a page layout using widgets.

twinpictures

Baden

Column-Matic easily inserts columns into posts and pages by wrapping content with a snappy shortcode. Useful for sites with a magazine or newspaper style layout, Column-Matic shortcode wraps content in cozy columns. Content can also be separated so that text and images are displayed on opposite sides of a post or page. Visit the <a href='http://plugins.twinpictures.de/plugins/column-matic/documentation/' rel="nofollow ugc">Twinpictures Plugin Oven | Colum-Matic | Documentation</a> for a complete listing of shortcode options, even a few examples that might delight and even inform. <a href='https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/column-matic' rel="ugc">Free Community Support</a> is available.

Column-Matic

Column-Matic adds a shortcode that wraps post/page content up in cozy columns. Useful for magazine or newspaper style layouts.

Page Layout vs Column-Matic