Template Files

About Template Files

Template files are HTML files used to customize the look of our applications such as EventHandler, Announcer, Downloader and so on.

Basically a template files is web page (HTML Page) designed to look like your website.  Within that template, you will insert the following single line of text:

$REPLACE

Our application will read your template files, look for the text $REPLACE, and replace it with the output that our application creates.

The text can be placed anywhere within your template file where you want the application to insert it's output.

Below we have grabbed some screen shots of sites and modified them to show you how a template might look:

Note: You have to use all capitals with the $REPLACE variable.

Base Path to Template Files

The base path to a template file is the actual path to the directory in which the template file exists.

Examples are as follows:

Unix Examples:
/usr/www/domain/path/to/template.htm
/usr/www/domain/templates/mytemplate.html
/usr/www/domain/EventHandler/templates/template.htm

Win 9x/NT/2000 Examples:
d:/www/domain/path/to/template.htm
d:/www/domain/templates/mytemplate.htm
d:/www/domain/EventHandler/templates/template.htm

Template files do not have to exist in the same directory as the application files. They can exist in another directory but they must always exist on the same server in which the application files exist.

Base HREF to template files

The base HREF is the URL to the directory in which your template files exists. This value is what you would normally define as the  You must always include the trailing '/' after the URL:

Examples are as follows:

If your template file exists at:
  http://www.domain.com/templates/template.htm
Your base href would be:
  http://www.domain.com/templates/

If your template file exists at:
  http://www.domain.com/EventHandler/templates/template.htm
Your base href would be:
  http://www.domain.com/EventHandler/templates/