HTML::Template::Pro::Extension README File

Introduction

This module extends HTML::Template::Pro to easily support methods and tags not implemented in parent module. Piece of code needed to add new tags syntax and new functionality are called plugins.

All plugins can be dynamically loaded for supporing needed syntax and functionality. All dynamic plugins live in the HTML::Template::Extension namespace and you can built your own extension to support you prefered tags and functionality.

A plugin named DO_NOTHING is present in this package and can be use like a skeleton to built your own plugin. DO_NOTHING, as name says, add nothing to standard HTML::Template::Extension but there are other plugins just available:

• HTML::Template::Extension::DOC: to support comment text
• HTML::Template::Extension::SLASH_VAR: to support <TMPL_VAR></TMPL_VAR> syntax
• HTML::Template::Extension::CSTART: to select what parts of your template must be returned by "output" and "html" method
• HTML::Template::Extension::HEAD_BODY: that don't add tag syntax but some method for easily working with html files
• HTML::Template::Extension::TAG_ATTRIBUTE_NORMALIZER to remove unknown HTML::Template attribute to tags.
• HTML::Template::Extension::DO_NOTHING: that do nothing :-)

Installation

0. Prerequisites:

• Perl version 5.005 or more recent.
• CPAN HTML::Template
  1. Installation steps:
• from the directory where this file is located, type:

  perl Makefile.PL make make test make install

More info

Have a look to

http://www.ebruni.it/en/software/perl/cpan/html/template/extension/index.htm to have more info about this module.

Disclaimer

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Bruni Emiliano <info AT ebruni DOT it>
2005-08-16