It will help you to: * Install and configure Smarty on your Web
server * Understand how Smarty affects your web site architecture,
and build site foundations that make the most of what Smarty offers
* Designers will learn to work with templates that contain
variables and logic, to modify layouts or content of Smarty web
sites * See how Smarty caching can improve the performance of your
sites * Develop custom Smarty functions and plug-ins to incorporate
into your templates Using a step-by-step approach based on
realistic examples, the expert authors show you how to use Smarty
in your own PHP development.