What is a Slot ?

slot are placeholders in the template that are filled with the content of a markup / wiki file.

ComboStrap supports the following slots:

• the primary slot (known also as main), the slot that contains the main content of the page
• the secondary slots, the slots that are optional.
  • side slot (at the left side of the primary slot)
  • header slot (at the top of a page)
  • footer slot (at the bottom of a page)
  • sidekick slot (at the right of primary slot)
  • main header slot (at the top of the primary slot)
  • main footer slot (at the bottom of the primary slot)

For instance:

• if you want to fill the side slot for the whole website, you would create the side slot page (by default the sidebar page)
• if you want to fill the side slot only for a specific namespace, you would create the side slot page under this namespace (for instance: namespace:sidebar)

Features:

• A secondary slot can be defined for every namespace (directory). If there is no slot page for a namespace, a slot page is searched in the ascendant namespace (parent, grand parent,…)
• A secondary slot is automatically hidden and not searchable.
• Side slots (side and sidekick slots) are rendered for every namespace and regenerated for each namespace changes (page creation, modification, deletion)

In ComboStrap, a slot is a place in the template where content can be added while a bar is a UI component such as the menu bar.