Specifying a template and template elements

To use a template and template elements, a page uses the Jakarta Struts custom template tags, described in Table 3-5.

Table 3-5

Struts template tags

Template tag	Method
template:insert	Specifies the template to use
template:put	Specifies the text or file to use for a template element such as the name, banner, side menu, or content elements

The Actuate Java Component template element that is displayed depends on the skin. A skin is assigned by changing the DEFAULT_WORKGROUP_SKIN parameter in web.xml. Table 3-6 lists the DEFAULT_WORKGROUP_SKIN values that correspond to the templates for each of the default skins.

Table 3-6

Valid DEFAULT_WORKGROUP_SKIN values

Skin	Value
Classic	classic
Tabbed	tabbed
Tree View	treeview

The custom template tags define the JSPs to use for the template and the custom elements that the template specifies to build the user interface. For example, the template:insert tag in the following code specifies the use of template.jsp. The first template:put tag accesses the localized string for the title of the page. The remaining template:put tags specify that the template use banner, side menu, and content elements using the files specified in each tag.

Table 3-7 lists the Java Component templates and the pages that use them.

Table 3-7

Templates for JSPs

Template	JSPs in iportal\activePortal\private
querytemplate.jsp	query\create.jsp query\execute.jsp
simpletemplate.jsp	common\errors\errorpage.jsp customization\fileupload.jsp newrequest\newrequest2.jsp query\confirmation.jsp query\fileexists.jsp query\runconfirmation.jsp
template.jsp	customization\skinedit.jsp customization\skinmanager.jsp filesfolders\deletefilestatus.jsp filesfolders\createfolder.jsp filesfolders\filedetail.jsp filesfolders\filefolderlist.jsp filesfolders\search\filefolderlist.jsp newrequest\newrequest.jsp newrequest\submitjobstatus.jsp options\options.jsp

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