Use of tag files as includes

[John]

We are using tag files to facilate includes of content.

We are having various problems (particularly with Internet Explorer), where the server side component tree is not rendered correctly.

 

Am I violating a best-practice by using tag files this way?

 

------------------------main.jsp-----------------------------------------------------

<[EMAIL PROTECTED] uri="http://myfaces.apache.org/tobago/component" prefix="t"%>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f"%>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] tagdir="/WEB-INF/tags/layout" prefix="layout"%>
<jsp:scriptlet>
response.setHeader("Pragma","no-cache"); //HTTP 1.0
response.setHeader("Cache-Control","no-cache"); //HTTP 1.1
response.setDateHeader("Expires", 0); //prevents caching at the proxy server
response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "private"); // HTTP 1.1
response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-store"); // HTTP 1.1
response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "max-stale=0"); // HTTP 1.1
</jsp:scriptlet>
<f:view>
  <t:page id="mainPage" width="1000px">
    <f:facet name="layout">
      <t:gridLayout rows="1*;9*"/>
    </f:facet>
    <t:panel id="mainPanelHeader">
      <layout:header/>
    </t:panel>
    <t:panel id="mainPanelContent">
    <layout:content/>
    </t:panel>
  </t:page>
</f:view>

 

-------------------------------layout/content.tag-------------------------------------

 

<[EMAIL PROTECTED] uri="http://myfaces.apache.org/tobago/component" prefix="t"%>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f"%>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] tagdir="/WEB-INF/tags/tabs" prefix="tabs"%>
<t:panel id="contentPanel">
  <f:facet name="layout">
    <t:gridLayout margin="6" cellspacing="4"/>
  </f:facet>
  <t:tabGroup switchType="reloadTab" id="contentTabGroup" state="#{main.tabState0}">
    <t:tabChangeListener type="com.jak.EMP.SimpleTabChangeListener"
                binding="#{main.tabChangeListener}" />
    <t:tab label="Quarantine" tip="Quarantined messages suspected to be spam" id="contentTabQuarantine">
      <t:panel id="contentQuarantinePanel">
        <tabs:quarantine/>
      </t:panel>
    </t:tab>
    <t:tab label="White list" tip="White list senders from which EMP will always accept messages" id="contentTabWhitelist">
      <t:panel id="contentWhitelistPanel">
        <tabs:whitelist/>
      </t:panel>
    </t:tab>
    <t:tab label="Statistics" tip="Charts and graphs displaying filtering statistics" id="contentTabStatistics">
      <t:panel id="contentStatisticsPanel">
        <tabs:charts/>
      </t:panel>
    </t:tab>
  </t:tabGroup>
</t:panel>