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ETP Applications

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ETP applications

- - -Edit This Page Demonstration : ETP Documentation : ETP applications - -
+ETP Documentation:ETP Applications
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What is an ETP Application?

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What is an ETP Application?

- -After you've created a package instance of ETP, +After you've created a package instance of ETP, you've got a virtual directory on your website where you can create and edit pages, links, or subdirectories. The pages you create have a very plain appearance and behavior: the index page displays a list of the other pages, and the other pages simply display whatever content you enter for them. This behavior is governed by what's known as the "default application".

-The default application is defined by the ETP package at server startup time as follows: -

etp::define_application default {
+The default application is defined by the ETP package at server startup time as follows:
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etp::define_application default {
     index_template               packages/editthispage/templates/article-index
     index_content_type           content_revision
     index_object_name           "subtopic"
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 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. +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 templates you want from ETP: +a master template is, the ACS 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 to refer to your master template. Next, create a file in the MYSERVER/tcl directory, and add the following code: -
etp::modify_application default {
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etp::modify_application default {
     index_template        www/templates/article-index
     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. +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 +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 +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 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. +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.