Overview
This document is intended to describe the standard layout and design for an MIT web application. It is based on the design currently used by InsideMIT java/struts applications, but it should be adaptable to any MVC style environment. The presentation layer is built from a set of templates described below. This make this documentation framework and language neutral, variables are signified with a "$" character, and included files are encloded in brackets, i.e. [ includeFile ]
Layout
There are two templates uses for page layout:
weblayout_form
weblayout
Each layout template serves as a container for all the components of a given web page, including the doctype declaration, html header, and body sections. Both layouts contain an html form declaration. The weblayout template has a default form action, while the form action in the weblayout_form template is set via javascript.
Weblayout_form Template
<\!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <head> [ head.template ] </head> <body> <div class="portlet-font"><!-- This is placed in a separate block from body so the IE hack for small font sizes can be placed on body --> <div id="hi1"> [ header.template ] </div><!-- End hi1 --> <div id="mid"><!-- THIS LAYOUT IS ONLY FOR PAGES THAT CAN HAVE A DEFAULT FORM ACTION --> <form id="PageForm" action="$pageAction" method="post"> <button onclick="map.form.formAction('PageForm','$pageAction')" style="display:none"> This button just enables the enter key to perform the default form action </button> <div id="nav1"> [ utilityBox.template ] [ legend.template ] </div> <div id="nav2"> <h1>$pageTitle</h1> [ messages ] </div> [ bodyContent.template ] </form> </div><!-- End mid --> <div id="lo2" > [ footer.template ] </div><!-- End lo2 --> </div><!-- end class portlet-font --> </body> </html>