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HOWTO: Modify HTML generated by AST |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 07 June 2006 |
VERSION: Applies to ast-0.2.0 and newer.
While ast is writen in C++, it doesn't take any C++ knowledge for modify a form, stylesheet, javascript or most any HTML output from ast. Ast uses a system of templates, which are stored in the share/templates directory. These templates have parameters which start with $. When you request a form, ast loads up the template and replaces all $ parameters with thier values. If you try to use a parameter which ast does not know about you will get an error. If you need to use a dollar sign in the template, you should use its HTML code: $. The file names typically start with the process they are used by. You can find this in the url of the page you want to modify, it will say process=worksheet for example. Then you can find the form used by the worksheet in the file share/templates/worksheet-edit.
If you want to modify the style, you can find the stylesheets in share/style. If you create a new stylesheet in this directory, ast will give the user the option to select your new stylesheet in the User Preferences screen. For this to work the stylesheet must end with .css.
If you want to add javascript, you can modify the existing scripts in share/script or add your own. You should use the javascript process to return the javascript as this will pass it through the template parser.
All of the images used by ast can be found in the images directory.
If you have any questions about how to make further modifications or have a problem with this document please contact me. Also if you would like to get your modifications into the default ast distribution, please send me a patch. I am always looking for talent web designers to improve the interface. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 June 2006 )
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