Introduction

The latest version of VodSpot allows you to build your own fully customizable video site. VodSpot employs a new customizable template system to give you full control over the look and behavior of your site.

VodSpot sports a new template system we're calling Laminate. Laminate isn't very revolutionary - we've purposely tried to learn from existing template systems like the the Wordpress one and Smarty templates.

Mostly, the use of Laminate templates means that each template page for your VodSpot is composed of 90% straight HTML, CSS, and Javascript. All all of that content is editable by you directly through the built-in template editor.

So rather than changing colors, styles, or images through a control panel, if you want to do those things with the new system you simply go and edit the appropriate page. The simple Laminate tutorial mostly focuses on just making visual changes to your template.

However, Laminate also includes a dynamic language for generating dynamic content on each page. Laminate pages work just like PHP pages, where most of the page is HTML, but PHP code be included by using special tags. The Laminate Coders Tutorial describes how to write code in Laminate pages.

Simple Laminate Tutorial - Learn about making basic visual changes to your VodSpot

Laminate Coders Tutorial - Learn how to change the dynamic code in your VodSpot

A Short Lua Tutorial - Tutorial on the Lua language

VodSpot  Function Reference - Reference to all functions and records available in templates

Using Javacript in Laminate Templates - Notes on using Javascript libraries in your template

VodSpot FAQ