The default application is defined by the ETP package at server
-startup time as follows:
+startup time as follows:
+
etp::define_application default {
index_template packages/editthispage/templates/article-index
index_content_type etp_page_revision
@@ -37,24 +40,30 @@
auto_page_name ""
}
+
You may customize the default application, or create new
applications based on it, thereby changing the appearance and
content of your web pages.
Modifying the default application
+
It's a good bet that you'll want to alter the appearance of the
pages generated by ETP. I highly recommend designing a master
template for your site, and ensuring that all packages you've
installed are using it. (If you don't know what a master template
is, the ACS
-Templating Reference will tell you). First, make a copy of the
+Templating Reference
+ will tell you). First, make a copy of the
templates you want from ETP:
cd /web/MYSERVER/www
mkdir templates
cp ../packages/editthispage/www/templates/* templates
+
Now you can change the tag at the top of
-article-index.adp and article-content.adp
+article-index.adp
+ and article-content.adp
+
to refer to your master template. Next, create a file in the
MYSERVER/tcl directory, and add the following code:
@@ -63,20 +72,24 @@
content_template www/templates/article-content
}
+
After restarting your server, every instance of ETP that's using
the "default" application will be rendered using your master
template.
Creating new applications
+
When you edit a content section in ETP, you'll see a link that says
"Choose ETP Application". At first this list contains just a few
entries: default, faq, news, and whatever other example
applications were included with the ETP package. You can add your
own entries to the list by calling the
-etp_define_application procedure. The real power of
+etp_define_application
+ procedure. The real power of
defining new applications is that you can create templates that
reference structured data that is stored for each page in the
content repository, and ETP gives you the means to edit and
organize the structured data. To learn about how that works, please
-go on to read about Content Types.
-
-
+go on to read about Content Types
+.
+
+