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StaticMesh
StaticMesh is an OpenSource project, used to apply a common page layout template to static html pages. It was inspired by Open Symphony's SiteMesh. We really liked SiteMesh, but we wanted an offline version that could skin (trendy name for web page template) a whole web site.
StaticMesh provides an Ant target for skinning static html pages. The goal was to be able to use standard html design tools such as DreamWeaver to generate the basic pages and staticmesh to skin them with a consistent look and feel.
Installation and usage of StaticMesh is covered in the Tutorial. For troubleshooting information, see the FAQ.
Download the latest version (Release Notes).
Features
* Let's you apply a look and feel to a number of existing web pages
* Provides an Ant task to process the pages
* Can automatically add breadcrumbs
* Supports multiple character encodings and date formats