Introduction
Macros are a way to define a chunk of presentation in one template,
and share it in others. Changes to the macro are immediately reflected
in all of the places, that share it.
Macros are a way to define a chunk of presentation in one template,
and share it in others. Changes to the macro are immediately reflected
in all of the places, that share it.
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Such, a developer can easily write some sort of 'page-skeleton' (the macro), which can be reused in other pages to take care, for instance, for a certain and consistent look-and-feel of a whole site with less maintenance.
Technically, macros are made available by METAL, a Macro Expansion for TAL, which ships with nearly every Zope installation. They can be used in Zope Page Templates. See the TAL and METAL pages for details.
