Hi

I've just started experimenting with Silverstripe, and so far I'm very pleased with it.
I just found the need to have two columns in some pages, and would like to be able to edit the "left" and "right" content just as with any regular (single-column) page content.

What's the best way to do this?

Thanks in advance
/Jonas

Silverstripe doesn't limit you in this, just put in your content as pleased (e.g. $TagCloud in <div id="Sidebar">, and $Content in <div id="Content">). Use CSS to render those two divs as columns.

see http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/pie-maker/pagemaker_form.php
for a good css-layout-creator.

You'll want to create new HtmlEditorField(s), which are the same as the standard Content field.

Page.php

<?php

class Page extends SiteTree {

static $db = array(
'RightContent' => 'Text'
);

function getCMSFields() {
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.Right', new HtmlEditorField('', 'Right Content'));
return $fields;
}

}

Page.ss

<div id="RightContent">
$RightContent
</div>

Note that I've added this HtmlEditorField into it's own tab. It's easier to use like this, since it's so large compared to say, a text field. :-)

Cheers,
Sean