Matrix

Matrix lines are quite a common requirement on the web. This one was inspired by the initial requirements of Glenn Crouch of ESB Consultancy http://www.esbconsult.com whose ideas have helped PageBlender grow.

We can use the power of the grid and the variable in PageBlender. First, setting up a variable for a grid line:

#define @matrixline <a href="%s="page"">%s="name"</a>|%s="p1"|%s="p2"|%s="p3"|%s="p4"|%s="p5"

Now we can use this variable in conjunction with the required parameters to form the matrix:

#grid stylegrid(border:1px solid #80FF00;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:0.8em) stripev=#BBFFBB header(#C0C0C0) style(text-align:center;) title(Component matrix) colstyles(text-align:left;border-bottom:1px dotted #80FF00,border-bottom:1px dotted #80FF00,border-bottom:1px dotted #80FF00,border-bottom:1px dotted #80FF00,border-bottom:1px dotted #80FF00,border-bottom:1px dotted #80FF00) padding(1) spacing(0)
Component|A|B|C|D|E
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component1][=p5:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component2][=p4:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component3][=p4:*][=p5:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component1][=p3:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component2][=p3:*][=p5:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component3][=p3:*][=p4:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component1][=p3:*][=p4:*][=p5:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component2][=p2:*][=p5:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component3][=p2:*][=p4:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component1][=p2:*][=p4:*][=p5:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component2][=p2:*][=p3:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component3][=p2:*][=p3:*][=p5:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component1][=p2:*][=p3:*][=p4:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component2][=p2:*][=p3:*][=p4:*][=p5:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component3][=p1:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component1][=p1:*][=p5:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component2][=p1:*][=p4:*]
@matrixline[=page:#][=name:component3][=p1:*][=p4:*][=p5:*]
#nogrid