The simple theme renders "bare bones" HTML elements. The simple theme is most often used as a starting point for other themes. (See Extending Themes for more.)
For example, the textfield tag renders the HTML <input/>
tag without a label, validation, error reporting, or any other formatting or functionality.
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The simple theme head template prints out an HTML <link/>
to the CSS a javascript include required for the datepicker datetimepicker tag to render properly.
The source of the simple head.ftl template is:
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