Introduction to templates

Template files are the building blocks of your vldPersonals site. They fit together like puzzle pieces to generate any web page on your site. Some are used repeatedly for every web page, like the header and footer template files, while others are used only under specific conditions.

A traditional web page consists of two files: the HTML page to hold the structure of the page and the style sheet which holds the presentation styles of the page. In vldPersonals, the style sheet is still present, but the HTML structure is broken up into various parts and pieces, blocks if you will, that can be put together in many different ways to generate a single web page. These blocks are known as template files.

Each vldPersonals template is made up of a style sheet and the building blocks or template files to generate the different page views found on a vldPersonals site.

Before editing a template, make sure you know at least the the basics of HTML and CSS. Also make sure your site is looking good in Internet Explorer and FireFox.