CSE Display - The Template

What it does is that it uses a template, and simply replaces some markers with what you stored in some variables.

We have seen e.g. the command: <?php $myHTML->setTitle('How to use CSE Display - Part 1'); ?>. It does simply set a string that will replace the marker *·{TITLE}·* in each position where it is found in the template.

Note: In this information, I display the markers with a middle dot, such as: *·{. In reality, there is no middle dot nor space between * and {. This highlights a limitation of any markup language: the markup itself cannot be easily displayed. Putting * { without space in between in your output (anywhere) may result in infinite loops...

Look at the template for this file and see the markers:

<html>

<head>

<title>*·{TITLE}·*</title>

<!-- Generated by CSE display -->

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="*·{CSS}·*">

*·{JS}·*

<body *·{ONLOAD}·*>

<center>

<table class=overall>

<tr><td colspan=4 class=title_element>*·{TITLE}·*</td></tr>

<tr><td class=side_col rowspan=2>

<table class=infobox_layer>

*·{LEFT}·*

</table>

</td><td class=button_row>*·{BUTTON}·*

</td><td class=side_col rowspan=2>

<table class=infobox_layer>

*·{RIGHT}·*

</table></td></tr>

<tr><td class=main_col>

<table class=main_display><tr>

<td class=top_leaf>*·{BODY_TITLE}·*

</td></tr>

<tr><td class=main_leaf>

<div class=main_body_frame>

<span class=main_body>

*·{BODY}·*

</span>

</div>

</td></tr>

<tr><td class=bottom_leaf>*·{BODY_FOOT}·*

</td></tr></table></table>

<span class=copyright>*·{COPYRIGHT}·*</span>

</center>

</body>

</html>

We will see those regions in the next step...