Yes. my template is : \WebRoot\jsp\layouts\siteLayout.jsp
which contains a vanilla HTML table with <tiles:insert> in the proper places for nav, footer, header , and body. On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:57:56 -0700, Eric Lemle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you create a template.jsp that inserts the header, footer, nav, and > main tile? > > Eric D. Lemle > Senior Programmer / Analyst > Intermountain Health Care > 36 South State Street, Suite 1100 > Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 > United States of America (USA) > (801) 442-3688 -- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/22/2005 1:50:34 PM >>> > Hi all > > I'm slowly figuring out the basics of Tiles, and I feel like its a > good solution for my application. I want to make sure before I get to > far that I'm thinking about things the right way. > > I have > > 1. a login page with a header, body and footer > > 2. Application itself which will contain a Header, Navigation, Body > and Footer (same Header, and Footer as the login page). > > I have created the following directory structure ans JSP layout under > my brand new shiny Struts 1.1 web application under the WebRoot > Directory > > \WebRoot > \WebRoot\WEB-INF > \WebRoot\WEB-INF\tiles-defs.xml (listed below) > \WebRoot\jsp > \WebRoot\jsp\images > \WebRoot\jsp\layouts > \WebRoot\jsp\layouts\loginLayout.jsp > \WebRoot\jsp\layouts\siteLayout.jsp > \WebRoot\jsp\tiles > \WebRoot\jsp\tiles\header.jsp (not full html page) > \WebRoot\jsp\tiles\footer.jsp > \WebRoot\jsp\tiles\navigation.jsp > \WebRoot\jsp\loginBody.jsp > \WebRoot\jsp\appPageBody.jsp > > Explanation: > \layouts contains my JSP Layouts for the different parts of the app > \tiles contains my reusable areas in the app (not complete html pages) > \jsp contains the different "body" jsp files > > My question is : Is this a typical way to arrange a generic Tiles > application? the problem come in when I try to use definition > inheritance in the tiles-defs.xml file. See how in the tiles-defs.xml > I have page.AppStart inheriting from base.definition, but it's using a > DIFFERENT page as a template because the LOGIN page doesnt need > navigation and th application page does... > > tiles-defs.xml > <tiles-definitions> > <!-- Base Tiles Definition --> > <definition name="base.definition" > path="/jsp/layouts/loginLayout.jsp"> > <put name="header" value="/jsp/tiles/header.jsp" /> > <put name="footer" value="/jsp/tiles/footer.jsp" /> > </definition> > > <!-- Tiles Definition of login page --> > <definition name="page.login" extends="base.definition"> > <put name="title" value="Login Page" /> > <put name="body" value="/jsp/loginBody.jsp" /> > </definition> > > <!-- Tiles definition of mail application page--> > <definition name="page.appStart" extends="base.definition" > path="/jsp/layouts/siteLayout.jsp"> > <put name="title" value="Application Title" /> > <put name="nav" value="/jsp/navigation.jsp" /> > <put name="body" value="/jsp/appStartBody.jsp" /> > </definition> > </tiles-definitions> > > -- > -Dave > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- -Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
