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3-Column Theme with 2 Content Columns?

By sanford on Dec 18, 2009 at 1:36 PM 1 Vote 0 Votes

Hi,

I am looking for a "Political Commentary" Movable Type Template / Theme that contains the following layout and functionality...

A 3-Column Template / Theme whereby the 1st and 2nd Columns are "Content-type Columns"...

- The "1st Content Column" will be for "Featured Articles" listed in Chronological Order.

- The "2nd Content Column" will be for "Blog Posts" also listed in Chronological Order.

- The 3rd Column can simply be a narrow side bar.

Here are two Site Examples that contain the exact layout and functionality that I am hoping to find in a Movable Type Template / Theme:

http://americanthinker.com/

http://michellemalkin.com/

Notice that both of these example sites contain 3 columns - with two of the Columns being the "Content-type Columns" i seek... the 1st Content Column for "Featured Articles" listed in chronological order and the 2nd Content Column for "Blog Articles" listed in chronological order.

Note that I have found that most Movable Type Templates / Themes predominately contain only "1 Content Column for Blog Posts"; but NOT the "2-Content Columns" that i seek.

I assume that the 2 examples sites(above) were Custom-Created....However, I am seeking a Movable Type Template / Theme that contains this particular layout and functionality - right out of the box...

Does anyone know of a Movable Type Template / Theme that contains this particular layout and functionality with the "Featured Articles Content Column" and also the "Blog Articles Content Column" and then a narrow 3rd Column??

Thanks,
Sanford

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    Author Profile Page Mike T | March 12, 2010 8:11 AM | Reply

    To replicate the basic layout of Michelle Malkin's blog, this is what you'd do to the columns:

    1) Find the <div> called "beta" in your templates.
    2) Remove the WidgetSet tag.
    3) Put in some markup to generate references to the entries. 4) Inside the <mt:Entries> in this div, add the attribute tag="NOT @leadstory" to make it load entries that aren't tagged with the private tag @leadstory
    5) Add tag="@leadstory" to the <mt:Entries> tag inside the "alpha" div tag.

    As far as the stylesheets and all that, that's custom work which you'll have to do yourself or hire someone, but the template layout part is easy.

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