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Article Asset templates
There are currently five Article templates: Default Article Left align image Linked Image with Caption Item Article With Pagination This article describes these templates and explains which template you should use in different scenarios. All article templates now display the titles with the h3 tag. Please share your creative uses of these templates. When do I use which template? Default Article This template contains all the normal amenities: title, and the article itself, followed by a "url link" and it's "url title", followed by an attachment loop. Left align image (Article with Image) This is similar to the Default Article, except it assumes only one attachment is provided and that it is an image. The image will be embedded within the article's description. You can use CSS to align the image. By default, it's is left aligned. The description is followed by "link url" and it's title. Linked Image with Caption This allows you to display an image, followed by the article description. If the "link url" is provided, the image will be linked to it. If the "link title" is also provided, it will become the image's "caption" which will also be linked to the "link url". All this is followed by the article description content. Item If the link url is provided, the title of the article asset will be hyperlinked to the "link url". Followed by the article description, and any attachments. "link title" is ignored. This is handy for a simple store front for product categories, and such. Article With Pagination This is a paginated article. It will display the title, followed by the description. On the last "page" of the article, it will display the "link url" and "link title" if any, followed by any attachments. The size and number of pages is determined by the separator macro (
Assets
Assets are the building blocks of any WebGUI site. They can be, for example, Article assets for serving static HTML content, Gallery assets for presenting multimedia content or Collaboration System assets, which are used for the realization of Fora, Weblogs, Guest Books, and many more. Even the visible pages presented to the user are assets - namely Page Layout assets. They serve as containers for other assets, determine the way they are arranged and build the hierarchical structure of the site. At the time of writing there are more than 40 assets available in WebGUI (Version 7.5) providing almost any functionality you can think of. And their number is continuosly growing. An overview of available assets is given in the following section.
File Template Variables
The following variables are available in File Templates (7.3.x):
hiding anonymous registration link
I wanted to be able to have customer register on my site, but I didn't want the "create a new acount" visible. So I went to settings, and created a new template for the login page.
How To Enable Other Template Engines
If HTML::Template just doesn't cut it, WebGUI allows you to enable other template engines, like HTML::Template::Expr and Template Toolkit.
Image Asset templates
There are currently three Image templates:
Nested Templates
This is from the forum hopefully it will help someone:
Template Best Practices
After spending many hours going through the core templates, I thought I'd make a list of best practices here for people to add to and update.
Template Language
WebGUI has a powerful templating language built to give you maximum control over the layout of your content.
Templates, Add/Edit
Templates allow you to customize the look and feel of your content on your site. WebGUI comes with many existing templates that you can use as is or copy and modify to suit your individual needs. Note that in many cases that you can change the look of default WebGUI templates through CSS. The advantage to this is that the default templates are automatically updated when you upgrade WebGUI, where custom templates will have to be manually updated.
Templating login, account and the user's profile
Getting your users to login creates a whole new world of possibilities. This wiki is about the templates and settings involved in designing the pages your users see when they:
Updating Core Templates