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2.1.2 Templates and styles

Skinning involves the use of templates. A template is a series of files within the PSM Web web site that control

the presentation of the content and their position on the page. An embedded skinning engine is used to

assemble the dynamically generated content into the final HTML pages.

Skins are used in combination with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). This is a mechanism for adding style (e.g.

fonts, colors, spacing) to Web documents, standard by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). A skin

combines uses HTML, JavaScript and PHP to define the look & feel of PSM Web. To create a new skin or modify

an existing skin some experience with these techniques is necessary.

2.1.3 File organization

Skins are organized under the Templates folder located in the PSM Web web site folder. Each skin has its own

directory tree. The name of this folder will be visible in the Skin-pull down menu in the Web Design section of

a company and in the web design page in the Settings-menu.

Skin folders stores the items required to render a skin and can contain an unlimited number of files and sub

folders. A skin consists of the following elements:

• Template.php

• Cascading Style Sheet documents

• Images

• Web design parameters stored in the PSM Web database

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