Create columns in the content of a page

Description

Usage

#column(number of columns, justify, border)

Parameters definition

Name	Optional	Allowed values	Default value	Description
Number of columns	no	2,3,4	none	Number of columns you want to display
Justify	yes	true	none	"true" to justify the text
Border	yes	true	none	"true" to add borders (black, 1px, solid)

Example

#column("2" "true" "false")
content of my first column
#endcolumn()
#column("2" "true" "false")
content of my second column
#endcolumn()

Result

Prerequisites & Installation Instructions

This a Velocity macro. Since it's not bundled by default you'll have to copy/paste the following code to use it:

#macro(column $columns $justify $border)
#if($columns==2)
#set($width="48%")
#elseif($columns==3)
#set($width="32%")
#elseif($columns==4)
#set($width="23%")
#else
#set($width="23%")
#end
<div style="float:left;width:${width};padding:5px;#if($justify=="true")text-align:justify;#end #if($border=="true")border:1px solid black;#end">
#end

#macro(endcolumn)
</div>
#end