Template processor plug-ins

Although Woof! provides its own built-in template processor that uses the WTF format, you can also install other template processors that can be used either in lieu of, or in addition to, the WTF processor. Even within a single page, different sections may use different processors.

Adding a new template processor to Woof! involves the following steps:

• Implement wrappers for the template processor that present the interface expected by Woof!
• Arrange for the template processor to be loaded and made accessible to the Woof! application interpreter.
• Configure the mapping between page section templates and the associated template processors as well as their priority order.

We describe these steps in the following sections. For illustration purposes, we will show how you can add support for Markdown format text.

Strictly speaking, Markdown is a text formatting language and not a template language. However, it is very convenient for creating static content and the steps involved in integrating it are the same as for a true template processor.