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HOWTO: Apply a layout to a HTML page using the LayoutWebService

Introduction

This guide describes how to link layouts to HTML pages through the LayoutWebService.

Layouts can be linked through the public web service at http://www.x1seven.com/projekts/bamboo/layoutservice.

Suitable For

  • Languages: all (.NET, J2EE, PHP, ColdFusion, Perl, CGI, etc)
  • Site types: public (if using the public web service); internal / intranet, private (if using a local installation of the web service

Guide

  1. Create a HTML page that contains a <div> element for each region named with an id attribute.
  2. Create your Bamboo layout definition and save it to file in your web source-tree as a *.layout file. (Note saving your layout to file is optional but recommended).
  3. In your HTML page, add a <script> element to link in the layout through the LayoutWebService. The following example For example: 

<script language="javascript"
  src="http://www.x1seven.com/projekts/bamboo/1.0/layoutservice?
    lu=http://myhost.com/layouts/my.layout"></script>

  1. The LayoutWebService will intervene and generate JavaScript for your layout and stream it to your browser.

See Also

  • Quickstart Tutorial