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MammothDevelopper edited this page Mar 9, 2025 · 2 revisions

Creating Templates from Content (HTML, JSON, XML, etc.)

Introduction

When building a dynamic page structure, such as a landing page to promote your profile, it is often useful to use a templating system. This system allows you to break your page into reusable components stored as independent content nodes, each identified by a unique code. These templates can be combined dynamically to generate a complete web page.

Defining Content Blocks

Each content block has a unique identifier and represents a part of the final page. Here is an example of how you might structure your templates:

  • Global template (main structure) → html-1
  • Footer → html-2
  • CSS for styling → css-1
  • Body content (e.g., posts) → html-3
  • JavaScript for API calls → JS-1

These content nodes are stored independently and referenced dynamically in the final HTML structure.

Structuring the Homepage Template

When you assemble your homepage, you will dynamically inject content into the template using placeholders like $content(code). The homepage might look like this:

<html>
<head>
    <style>
        $content(css-1) <!-- CSS styles -->
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    $content(html-1) <!-- Header -->
    $content(html-3) <!-- Body -->
    $content(html-2) <!-- Footer -->
    <script>
        $content(JS-1) <!-- JavaScript -->
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Nesting Templates

Templates can be nested within each other. For example, inside html-1 (the header), you can have sub-templates for elements like the site title or a category list:

<header>
    <h1>$content(site-title)</h1>
    <nav>
        $content(category-list)
    </nav>
</header>

This allows modularity while keeping the structure manageable.

Benefits of Using Templates

  1. Reusability – Components like footers, headers, and navigation bars can be reused across multiple pages.
  2. Maintainability – Updating a single template will reflect across all pages using it.
  3. Flexibility – You can dynamically change content without modifying the main template.
  4. Better Readability – Keeping the structure modular prevents code duplication and makes debugging easier.

Conclusion

Using a templating approach to manage content dynamically makes building and maintaining complex pages easier. By separating CSS, HTML sections, and JavaScript into independent content nodes, you ensure flexibility, readability, and reusability in your project.

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