template.htm

The template is pure HTML - built using tables,and with PHP function calls to the cms.php.

Be aware: Several functions have their own stylesheet class, which is set both in the table cell (TD) in the template and in links (A HREF).
The classes are defined in the stylesheet.

Function calls

Some of the function calls are important and can't be left out - ie. the head(), onload(), toc(), editmenu() and content(). But if you prefer not to have a document sitemaplink(), printlink(), locator(), submenu() or previouspage()/top()/nextpage() you may remove some of these codes.

head()         : necessary:  prints link to stylesheet, meta information and page title
onload()       : necessary:  required in the body tag in order to make the editor function
toc()          : necessary:  prints the table of contents
editmenu()     : necessary:  in admin mode prints the menu of the available admin functions 
content()      : necessary:  the main page content 
loginlink()    : advised:    if not logged to the system, displays a login link
languagemenu() : advised:    prints links for changing the language
lastupdate(    : advised:    writes the date and time the content was last edited
sitename()     : optional:   prints the sitename
searchbox()    : optional:   prints a search box 
sitemaplink()  : optional:   prints the site map in the content field
printlink()    : optional:   displays the page in a printer friendly format 
legallink()    : required:   displays the CMSimple Legal Notices

mailformlink() : optional:   prints a link to a mailform for giving feedback 

submenu()      : optional:   prints a link to the following pages if available 
previouspage() : optional:   prints a link to the previous page
top()          : optional:   prints a link to #TOP
nextpage()     : optional:   prints a link to the next page 
locator()      : optional:   prints the location thread
newsbox()      : additional: prints the contents of a named hidden page 

toc() function (Table Of Contents)

toc() returns all levels in TOC
toc(x) returns only level x from TOC, ie. toc(1)
toc(x,y) returns only x-y levels in TOC, ie. toc(2,3)

lastupdate() function

lastupdate(null,4) returns string with 4 hours time zone correction
lastupdate("true") returns the lastupdate string without linebreak 

A Template Example

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CMSimple layout template sites

Please see under references.