Escenic Template Kit

Escenic Template Kit is feature-rich presentation layer, using the capabilities of the standard Escenic Content Engine modules to create a complete web site.

Escenic Template Kit is a modular template set for Escenic Content Engine. The templates have a standard design theme, which is easily changed by modifying the supplied CSS style sheets. All markup is standards-compliant XHTML, and the modular design makes it easy for non-programmers to adapt Escenic Template Kit to specific needs.

Escenic Template Kit may also be used as a platform for further tempalte development, effectiively saving 1-3 months of development work while assuring that all code is implemented using Escenic's best practices.

Features

Key features of Escenic Template Kit includes:

  • Search using Apache Lucene with the Lucy module. Both simple and advanced search is included.
  • The Category and Taxonomy module is included for advanced relation management
  • The Poll module lets users participate in "question of the day", quizes, etc
  • Article lists: The Escenic Analysis Engine provides the background data for presenting the latest articles, the most popular articles, etc
  • Catalog service, providing "yellow pages"-like functionality
  • Video content is presented in the templates using a Flash player or a Windows media player. Video can, as usual, be edited directly inside Escenic Content Studio.
  • Ad Manager provides management of ad placement, etc
  • "Tip a friend" email functionality for articles is included
  • The Forum module is included, and users may comment and discuss articles, with or without moderation by editorial staff.
  • User profiles: Users may create their own profiles, and the website may use that for sending out newsletter, requiring passwords for specific content by using the Agreement module, etc.
  • The Menu Editor lets the administrators easily manage the website's navigational structure independently of the underlying content hierarchy.
  • The Newsletter module lets users subscribe to updates from the website.
  • There is a template for presenting web camera content.
  • There is a template for embedding maps in articles, and also for adding geographical information to content.

Escenic Template Kit can be used with very small changes to the supplied CSS style sheets, or it can be used as a basis for extensive further development.

Technical details

Escenic Template Kit is based on Java Server Pages (JSP) 2.0 and Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) 1.1. It can be used with Escenic Content Engine 4.3 and newer, and It is deployed on Escenic Content Engine as a standard Java WAR file. The documentation for Escenic Template Kit includes:

  • Installation Guide
  • Page Designer Guide
  • Page Developer Guide
  • Developer FAQ
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