doc/book/_maybe_to_integrate/template.rst
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@logilab.fr>
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:59:31 +0100
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changeset 8149 3ed48646f354
parent 1714 a721966779be
child 12792 e2cdb1be6bd9
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[https] Allow configuration of anonymous access on https (closes #1971992) For now any anonymous access in denied on secured connection (https-url). This patch introduce a configuration option to control this behaviour. New instance will allow it. Old instance should stay as is during migration.



Templates
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*Templates* are specific views that do not depend on a result set. The basic
class `Template` (`cubicweb.common.view`) is derived from the class `View`.

To build a HTML page, a *main template* is used. In general, the template of
identifier `main` is the one to use (it is not used in case an error is raised or for
the login form for example). This template uses other templates in addition
to the views which depends on the content to generate the HTML page to return.

A *template* is responsible for:

1. executing RQL query of data to render if necessary
2. identifying the view to use to render data if it is not specified
3. composing the HTML page to return

You will find out more about templates in :ref:`templates`.