Today we’d like to announce the release of one of our biggest new features to date. We’ve just finished integrating a brand new extensive templating system into OmCore making it possible to modify almost every aspect of the HTML which is output to a visitor’s browser.
Today we’d like to announce the release of one of our biggest new features to date. We’ve just finished integrating a brand new extensive templating system into OmCore making it possible to modify almost every aspect of the HTML which is output to a visitor’s browser.
A template system is an important feature in a powerful CMS. It lets designers modify the output of built in scripts giving them much more control over the look and feel of the front end HTML.
OmCore uses Twig as its template language of choice because it’s fast, simple and flexible. At a basic level, Twig is a very simple programming language specifically tailored towards building HTML pages. Designers place special tags in their HTML structure which get replaced with content from the database when the page is presented to a visitor. Twig also gives the designer control over basic flow structures such as loops and if statements as well as include files, string handling functions and automatic output escaping.
We recommend that anybody using OmCore’s templating system first reads over our documentation to get a basic understanding of how the language works. Don’t worry if you’re not a seasoned programmer and don’t understand everything, if you’re competent with HTML you should be able to modify the pre-built templates supplied with the system to fit your needs.
We’re very excited about these new changes as it gives a lot of freedom back to the designer and allows much more customisation of the built in modules. If you’re a freelance designer or full service agency looking for a CMS which offers greater control and creative freedom and would like to know more about our new templating system them please contact us for more information.
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