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Page templates define the appearance of individual pages, including the placement of page controls and components. Each page template is divided into three sections: Header, Body, and Footer. The most basic template must include the substitution string #BOX_BODY# in the Body attribute. When the page is rendered, the Application Express engine replaces #BOX_BODY# with HTML to display the regions on that page.
You can create a multiple column page by defining a page template that contains a multiple column table. You then explicitly place regions within specific table cells.
The following example demonstrates how to create a two-column page and specify a region position using the #REGION_POSITION_XX# substitution string in each column. You would enter the code in the Body section of the page-level template.
<body #ONLOAD#>
#FORM_OPEN#
<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<td style="width:50%;padding:5px;">#REGION_POSITION_01#</td>
<td style="width:50%; border-left:2px #bbbbbb dashed; padding:5px;">#REGION_POSITION_02#</td>
</tr>
<br />
#BOX_BODY#
#FORM_CLOSE#
</body>
Once you create this page-level template, the newly defined positions would be available as Display Point options when you run the Create Region Wizard.