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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've been doing templates in the following
way:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I post an html document (the template) at a url
somewhere on the web.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In Seaside there is a component class, a subclass
of WATemplate, that knows the url of that particular html
template.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When the class initializes, it fetches the html
template and parses it: </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have tags like
"seaside-mainContent" and "seaside-title" and "seaside-messagebox" that get
replaced by components. Where the mapping of tags-to-components occurs is
arbitrary.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anytime I change the template in Dreamweaver, I
upload the template and I re-initialize my seaside template class to fetch the
changes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This system is simple and useful (I have used it on
two different projects). I wonder if with some intelligent design
modifications it could be a useful to others?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Derek Brans<BR>Nerd on a Wire<BR>Web design that's
anything but square<BR><A
href="http://www.nerdonawire.com">http://www.nerdonawire.com</A> <BR>mailto: <A
href="mailto:brans@nerdonawire.com">brans@nerdonawire.com</A><BR>phone:
604.874.6463<BR>toll-free: 1-877-NERD-ON-A-WIRE</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>