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CMS templates
Within the OpenIMS-CMS design, content and components (code) are completely separated from each
other.
This is a big distinction from other CMS systems where code is normally integrated in the layout- or design
template.
To add certain functions from the design template to a page, OpenIMS works with so called HTML-like tags
(placeholders). For example: navigation structures like showing the main menu or a click path.
The functionality of the tags (placeholders) can be created or edited by a programmer.
The advantage to this is that there will be no mixing of the lay-out and the source code.
These tags are being developed in the tailor made (or Flex) environment of OpenIMS (CMS Components),
see chapter 8.
This way changes to the functionality can be made at one location and adapted to all the locations where
the functionality is applied. So the source code is not embedded in the design template but in a special
module: General OpenIMS Tailor Made Components.
OpenIMS ensures that layout, content and source code are compiled into a, for most browsers,
comprehendible HTML page.
A programmer can therefore focus completely on making the correct functionality available, and a designer
can work with the available design templates.
The layout and functionality can be previewed and tested and subsequently be advanced (published) to the
production environment.
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