Presentation Templates define how content items are formatted and displayed when they are previewed or published. Presentation Templates can be created and managed remotely using the IDK remote Publisher API.

Presentation Templates can include basic formatting, images, standard boilerplate text, and programming logic to display information based on the value of specific content item properties. Presentation Templates include Publisher (PCS) tags that are replaced with values and variables from Publisher. Presentation Templates can output any type of text files, including HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and even Java source files. For more information about PCS tags, refer to the Administrator Guide for AquaLogic Interaction Publisher.

You can also create stand-alone Presentation Templates that are publishable without a content item or Data Entry Template. This is useful when the content is static (does not contain variables or properties/PCS tags). The IPresentationTemplateManager interface allows you to preview and publish Presentation Templates using the same methods as IContentItemManager. For details on previewing and publishing, see About Remote Publisher Content Item Operations. For more information about independently publishable Presentation Templates, see the Administrator Guide for AquaLogic Interaction Publisher and the Publisher Templating Specification.

Only users with Producer or higher roles can create and retrieve Presentation Templates.

For details on using remote Publisher Presentation Template operations, see Creating Publisher Presentation Templates Using IDK Remote APIs.