TUCAL: Frame definition and creating content

Frame definition

The frame for the website is defined in a PHP file called config.inc
The following items are defined here:
- the content menu on the left,
- settings for multilingualism
- and elements in the page header, navigation and footer
For each associated web page a separate file is created

Exercise 5: Creating a frame definition with TUCAL

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For each web page associated with the frame definition a .html or .php file is created
The beginning of each web page looks like this (handled by the authoring system!)
- Behind require_once is the corresponding config.inc (frame definition), which can also be in another folder (one content menu = one config.inc!)
- Function seite() – passing the name of the file to be displayed
  - normally __FILE__ (the file itself)
  - or 'filename' (path) for content of another file

<?php
require_once('config.inc');
seite(__FILE__);
?>
<h1>Then follows the content.</h1>

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HTML code (static web pages) without opening/closing tags
PHP Code (dynamic web pages)
- Do not overwrite set variables of config.inc
- Access global variables from URL or forms via $_REQUEST['variablename'], not $variablename

Use the web-based file manager WFM for creation and editing
Creation of content on a local computer and transfer via WFM, SCP, SFTP or network drive is also possible

Exercise 6: Creating content with TUCAL

Open the folder public_html/ via WFM
Select option „TU Corp. Design: Inhalt“ (content page) when creating the file
Create the desired content in the HTML editor, the handling is mostly the same as with a familiar word processor
Save when finished
You can use the WFM to view the file in the web view or open it again for editing

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