Editing Branding with confidence (section)

====Configuration Strings====

There are also a number of epc:print elements in the default template which are useful for including configuration values in the template.

'''Example

<source lang="html4strict">
<style type="text/css" media="screen">@import url(<epc:print expr="$config{base_url}"/>/style/auto.css);</style>
</source>

This extract from the head section of the template shows how an epc:print element is used to refer to the base URL of the repository. This avoids hardcoding URLs into the template (which is good for maintainability - if the repository URL should change, you do not have to change the template).

Configuration values can also be used inside attributes, using the {...} syntax.

'''Example

<source lang="html4strict">
<a href="{$config{frontpage}}"><img alt="Logo" src="{$config{site_logo}}" /></a>
</source>

This extract shows how the URL of both the front page of the repository and the logo are derived from the configuration rather than being hard coded directly into the template.