Page structure
By using the same views on every page, Elgg makes it simple to maintain a consistent look and feel across the site. Creating a new theme often starts by styling or overriding these page views. They are organized into four divisions: page shells, layouts, elements, and components. They are all found in the /views/default/page/ directory.
Shells
A page shell defines the overall structure of a web page. The topbar, header, and footer are all included by the shell. Elgg is distributed with two primary shells. The default shell is used on user-facing pages and the admin shell is used in the administrative backend of Elgg.
Views: page/default, page/admin
Developers: If you wanted a few pages to have a very different layout that the rest ...
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