doc/book/_maybe_to_integrate/template.rst
author Sylvain Thénault <sylvain.thenault@logilab.fr>
Thu, 19 Jan 2017 11:12:07 +0100
branch3.24
changeset 11906 51057823b528
parent 1714 a721966779be
child 12792 e2cdb1be6bd9
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[migration] Skip virtual rtypes when adding relation definition through add_cube Virtual rtypes should be skipped as they are added dynamically on loading schema. Those are skipped by e.g. schema serialisation or add_entity_type, do the same thing here.



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`.