page templates could solve a serious problem concerning web designers and coders: "once a page has been converted into a template, it is invalid html, making it difficult to work with outside of the application. [...] programmers should not 'hijack' the work of the designers and turn html into software".

a page template remains the dummy it was designed as – at least almost: certainly, some markup has to be included. in this case appropriate xml namespace attributes. however, this concept is smart because it enables designers to get a more realistic impression of a page. it can make layout problems visible that are hidden when using simple replacement tags: just compare e.g. <? include($fname); ?> with a paragraph of 500 words and think of the effect each of the two has on an html table's width...