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Themes and Templates

The notions of “themes” and “templates” are at the core of the HTML Struts Tags provided by the framework.

Definitions

| tag | A small piece of code executed from within JSP, FreeMarker, or Velocity. | | template | A bit of code, usually written in FreeMarker, that can be rendered by certain tags (HTML tags) | | theme | A collection of templates packaged together to provide common functionality |

See Struts Tags for more about the HTML and other tags provided by the framework.

Template Basics

|Template Loading| How templates are loaded | |Selecting Template Directory| How the template directories are loaded | |Selecting Themes| How you can pick a theme when writing your results | |Extending Themes| How to create your own themes based on existing themes |

More About Themes

|simple theme| A minimal theme with no “bells and whistles” | |xhtml theme| The default theme that uses common HTML practices | |css_xhtml theme| The xhtml theme re-implemented using strictly CSS for layout | |ajax theme| A theme based on the xhtml theme that provides advanced AJAX features |