## Building Reusable Template Components

Templating System : Developer Guide : User Guide

Most page layouts can be separated into smaller components, many of which may appear in different contexts throughout a site. Examples include:

- A box or section of the page listing contextual links related to the contents of the page.
- A list of comments on the contents of the page.
- A search box, user poll, or other small embedded form.
- Reports and other administrative pages, where the employee may wish to assemble multiple panels of information on a single page.
- Many popular portal sites allow users to customize their home pages by choosing and arranging a set of small layout components within a table grid.

The templating system makes it easy to build reusable components for any of the above scenarios. The basic process is to build a container template, which delineates the skeletal layout of the page. Component templates may then be placed in the container template with the `include` tag. The container may pass arguments to the components as needed for personalization or any other purpose.

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