Merge branch 'roc_template' of https://github.com/jvelilla/ROC into roc_template

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[Work in progress]
##### Table of Contents
[Theme](#theme)
[Regions](#regions)
[Blocks](#blocks)
1. [**Theme**](#theme)
2. [**Regions**](#regions)
- [**Default Page Layout**](#page_layout)
- [**Regions Holds blocks**](#regions_blocks)
3. [**Blocks**](#blocks)
4. [**Modules**](#modules)
5. [**Hooks**](#hooks)
<a name="theme"/>
Theme
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-------
The layout of a CMS web page has predefined area called **regions**. The Eiffel CMS uses the same default regions as Drupal, so let's see them in the following image.
<a name="page_layout"/>
![default page layout](http://themery.com/sites/default/files/figure-15-10.png)
```
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regions[second_sidebar] = second sidebar
regions[page_bottom] = Bottom
```
<a name="regions_blocks"/>
**Regions Hold Blocks**
What goes inside regions? Generally, regions hold smaller piece of content called blocks. Blocks hold chunks of content, like the user login form, navigation menu or the information for the footer.
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* [CMS_MENU_BLOCK](/library/src/kernel/content/cms_menu_block.e): The class CMS_MENU_BLOCK describe how to provides a menu of navigational links.
* [CMS_SMARTY_TEMPLATE_BLOCK] (/library/src/kernel/content/cms_smarty_templateblock.e) The class CMS_SMARTY_TEMPLATE_BLOCK describe how to use a CMS block with smarty template file content.
<a name="modules"/>
CMS_MODULES
-----------
What is a cms module?
Modules are piece of code that adds one or more features to your web site.
Modules can be plugged and combined to provide a web site customized to your needs. There are modules for many purposes, for example Administratiton, Basic Authentication, etc.
#### Important Classes
* [CMS_MODULE] (/library/src/modules/cms_module.e): The deferred class CMS_MODULE provides an abstraction to describe a generic module that add features to your web site.
* [CMS_RESPONSE](/library/src/service/response/cms_response.e). The deferred class CMS_RESPONSE provide an abstraction to builds the content to get process to render the output.
<a name="hooks">
CMS_HOOK
--------
Hooks is a mechanism which provide a way for modules to interact with each other and extending blocks of the current CMS.
* [CMS_HOOK] (/library/src/hooks/cms_hook.e): The deferred class CMS_HOOK is a marker interface for CMS Hook
* [CMS_HOOK_AUTO_REGISTER] (/library/src/hooks/cms_hook_auto_register.e): The deferred class provides an abstraction that when inheriting from this class, the declared hooks are automatically registered, otherwise, each descendant has to add it to the cms service itself.
* [CMS_HOOK_BLOCK](/library/src/hooks/cms_hook_block.e): The class CMS_HOOK_BLOCK describe a hook providing a way to alter a generic block.
* [CMS_HOOK_FORM_ALTER](/library/src/hooks/cms_hook_form_alter.e): The class CMS_HOOK_FORM_ATLER describe a hook providing a way to alter a form.
* [CMS_HOOK_MENU_ALTER](/library/src/hooks/cms_hook_menu_alter.e): The class CMS_HOOK_MENU_ATLER describe a hook providing a way to alter a menu.
* [CMS_HOOK_MENU_SYSTEM_ALTER](/library/src/hooks/cms_hook_menu_system_alter.e): The class CMS_HOOK_MENU_SYSTEM_ALTER describe a hook providing a way to alter the CMS menu system.
* [CMS_HOOK_VALUE_TABLE_ALTER](/library/src/hooks/cms_hook_value_table_alter.e):: The class CMS_HOOK_VALUE_TABLE_ALTER describe a hook providing a way to alter the value table for a response.