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Building Reusable Template Components

Templating System : Developer Guide : User Guide +

Most page layouts can be separated into smaller components, many +of which may appear in different contexts throughout a site. +Examples include:

A box or section of the page listing contextual links related +to the contents of the page.
A list of comments on the contents of the page.
A search box, user poll, or other small embedded form.
Reports and other administrative pages, where the employee may +wish to assemble multiple panels of information on a single +page.
Many popular portal sites allow users to customize their home +pages by choosing and arranging a set of small layout components +within a table grid.

The templating system makes it easy to build reusable components for any of the above +scenarios. The basic process is to build a container template, +which delineates the skeletal layout of the page. Component +templates may then be placed in the container template with the +include tag. The container may pass arguments to the +components as needed for personalization or any other purpose.

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