Thank you Mike. Once I downloaded and tried out sitemesh, I found it to be exactly what I needed.
Thanks, Jared On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Mike! <michael.d.en...@gmail.com> wrote: > hey Jared, > > You're pretty much limited to <%...@import> statements when separating > out the JSP into fragments/files...as for templates, have you used > sitemesh before? That's what I use to do all of my theming...if > you're using Spring or other frameworks, they sometimes have themes > built into them too > > Mike! > http://www.thepixlounge.com > > On Dec 19, 10:37 am, JaredC <concealedscr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm new to the Java App Engine and I've been searching for a way to have > a > > general template or theme for my site. I have a header, menu, and side > bar > > that will stay the same for all pages, so why not manage it through one > > single jsp file? My thought was to have a jsp:include for the actual > content > > of a page. Such as when a user goes to mysite.com/aboutus, the servlet > gives > > the template, and the template includes aboutus.jsp. I think I've found > you > > can't have dynamic includes though. I tried this: > > > > In the aboutus doGet() : > > req.setAttribute("page", "aboutus"); > > req.getRequestDispatcher("/template.jsp").include(req, resp); > > > > in the template.jsp: > > <jsp:include file="<%= request.getAttribute("page") %>.jsp"/> > > > > but always get errors. > > > > Any thoughts on the best practices for templates in GAE/java? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine for Java" group. > To post to this group, send email to > google-appengine-j...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-appengine-java%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine-j...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
