Re: Quick Terminology Poll

> Template and Layout, to me, are the same thing. I'd go with Template.

A template is something that is used to render output - e.g. a jsp or  
asp file. It is virtually physical in nature. The layout is a logical  
structuring, part of the design - e.g. 2 column, or 3 column layout.

Thus one could have several layouts rendered by one template (if the  
template is configurable to generate various layouts) or you could  
have several templates with the same layout - but usually a different  
design. For example, a 3 column layout could be used for the main  
page template, news section template and standard content template.

And you could combine them - a number of templates that are  
configurable with various layouts (2 or 3 column, say) to render  
different sections of the site (e.g. main, news, standard)

Hope that makes sense to someone ;-)

Regards
Boris Kraft
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