03 Nov. 2002

TilesPlugin module aware
The TilesPlugin for struts now create one separate definition factory for each struts module.

19 Jul. 2002

Tiles is now in the main branch of Struts1.1 distribution
A Tiles plug-in is available for Struts1.1.

22 May 2002

Tiles Advanced Features Documentation (draft version)
tilesAdvancedFeatures.pdf

Tiles-blank Applications
Different tiles-blanc.war files are now provided to help starting new project using Tiles.

• tiles-blank.war - Tiles without Struts
• tiles-blank-struts1.1.war - Tiles with Struts1.1
• tiles-blank-struts1.0.war - Tiles with latest stable Struts1.0.x

Article on Tiles and Struts
An article on using Tiles and Struts is available at :
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-01-2002/jw-0104-tilestrut.html

Dynamic Layout
Dynamic layouts allow a user to customize a site L&F. Check the example to see how to proceed with Tiles.

New Layout : Tabs
The new tabs layout allows to build easily tabs like page : specify which body you want in which tabs, and that all !

Commented Examples
A lot of interesting examples have been revisited and commented in a "portal" fashion. Check "Live Examples" menu entry.

Each Tile can have its own controller !
It is now possible to associate a controller to each Tile. This controller (Java code or struts action) is called immediately before the Tile jsp page. It is useful to prepare data to be shown by jsp page.

Reload Action
There is now a reload action, and a reloadable factory wrapper allowing to reload Tiles configuration files without restarting web server.

Use and Set Bean in configuration file
It is now possible to use and set beans in the configuration file. Such bean can then be set as a <put> or <putList> tag value.
This increase and facilitate menu creation.

Check "History" for latest modifications (further in this page)