diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d95d47655ab9bacaa5a937d05998f0783285d419..4433965e4ceaee4a5242d0d66a1fc00c2ca69366 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
**__pycache__/
# contains data for local tests
-app/
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+app/
+site/
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diff --git a/frontend/createStatic.py b/frontend/createStatic.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f997f3a8ac6f756606aec51784522d23b51c4620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/createStatic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
+import os
+import shutil
+
+def main():
+ ## copy javascript files to site folder
+ src_files = os.listdir('frontend/js')
+ dest = 'site/js'
+ os.makedirs(dest, exist_ok=True)
+ #os.mkdir(dest)
+
+ for file_name in src_files:
+ full_name = os.path.join('frontend/js', file_name)
+ if os.path.isfile(full_name):
+ shutil.copy(full_name, dest)
+
+ ## render templates to site folder
+ file_loader = FileSystemLoader('frontend/templates')
+ env = Environment(loader=file_loader)
+
+ files = {
+ 'index' : 'index_content.html.jinja',
+ 'storage' : 'storage_content.html.jinja',
+ 'impressum' : 'impressum_content.html.jinja',
+ 'login' : 'login_content.html.jinja'
+ }
+
+ templates = {}
+
+ for file in files.keys():
+ templates[file] = env.get_template(files[file])
+
+ html = {}
+
+
+ html['index'] = templates['index'].render(home=True)
+ html['storage'] = templates['storage'].render(storage=True)
+ html['impressum'] = templates['impressum'].render(impressum=True)
+ html['login'] = templates['login'].render(login=True)
+
+ for file in files.keys():
+ with open('site/'+file+'.html', 'w') as f:
+ f.write(html[file])
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()
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diff --git a/frontend/js/apicalls.js b/frontend/js/apicalls.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ab016175b185de17438b783ac9c6d9a5ba84517f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/js/apicalls.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// This file will contain the api calls, as well as transform the data into html-text (via a template)
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diff --git a/frontend/js/auth.js b/frontend/js/auth.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..48f89d356329ce4b6a180693b89401a1d3cac51d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/js/auth.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// This file will contain functions to manage authentication (including the token storage and access)
diff --git a/frontend/js/choose_storage.js b/frontend/js/choose_storage.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8b71c9a3dc3be275c9439a365ea5cfef9f120ba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/js/choose_storage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// get data from url query variables
+function getUrlVars()
+{
+ var vars = [], hash;
+ var hashes = window.location.href.slice(window.location.href.indexOf('?') + 1).split('&');
+ for(var i = 0; i < hashes.length; i++)
+ {
+ hash = hashes[i].split('=');
+ vars.push(hash[0]);
+ vars[hash[0]] = hash[1];
+ }
+ return vars;
+}
+
+// return the storage type
+function getType() {
+ var type = getUrlVars()["type"]
+ console.log("Type: " + type)
+ return type
+}
+
+// set the text of the typetext element
+function setTypeText() {
+ $('#typetext').text(getType())
+}
+
+setTypeText()
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diff --git a/frontend/templates/base.html.jinja b/frontend/templates/base.html.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..782e5009e676ce1f736de12fde1c9b625b51a249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/templates/base.html.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+ <title>eFlows4HPC Data Catalog - {% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
+ <meta charset="utf-8">
+ <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+ <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
+ <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
+ <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
+ <style>
+ .fakeimg {
+ height: 200px;
+ background: #aaa;
+ }
+ </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+ <!--BIG TITLE WITH LOGO-->
+ <div class="jumbotron text-center" style="margin-bottom:0">
+ <h1><a href="https://www.eFlows4HPC.eu">eFlows4HPC Data Catalog</a></h1>
+ </div>
+
+ <!--NAVBAR-->
+ <nav class="navbar navbar-inverse">
+ <div class="container-fluid">
+ <div class="navbar-header">
+ <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#myNavbar">
+ <span class="icon-bar"></span>
+ <span class="icon-bar"></span>
+ <span class="icon-bar"></span>
+ </button>
+ <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Data Catalog</a>
+ </div>
+ <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="myNavbar">
+ <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
+ <li {% if home is true %} class="active"{% endif %}><a href="./index.html">Home</a></li>
+ <li {% if storage is true %} class="active"{% endif %}><a href="./storage.html?type=dataset">Storage</a></li>
+ <li {% if impressum is true %} class="active"{% endif %}><a href="./impressum.html">Impressum</a></li>
+ <li {% if login is true %} class="active"{% endif %}><a href="./login.html" id="loginText">Log In</a></li> <!--If token is found in local storage, replace with logged in username and log-out option (i.e. delete local token)-->
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </nav>
+
+ <!--SPECIFIC PAGE CONTENT-->
+ {% block content%}
+ {% endblock %}
+
+ <!--FOOTER-->
+ <div class="jumbotron text-center" style="margin-bottom:0">
+ <p>Information about server admin and impressum</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <!--EXTRA JAVASCRIPT-->
+ {% block scripts %}
+ {% endblock %}
+
+ <!--SHARED JAVASCRIPT-->
+ <script src="js/auth.js"></script>
+</body>
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diff --git a/frontend/templates/impressum_content.html.jinja b/frontend/templates/impressum_content.html.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a0a1793bfbcb6ac9787017346322deb5092d8651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/templates/impressum_content.html.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% extends "base.html.jinja"%}
+
+{% block title %}Impressum{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+<p>INSERT IMPRESSUM HERE!!</p>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block scripts %}
+{% endblock %}
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diff --git a/frontend/templates/index_content.html.jinja b/frontend/templates/index_content.html.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1a6698d9d2ea4d973ea5fdda429503d7ef912367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/templates/index_content.html.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{% extends "base.html.jinja"%}
+
+{% block title %}Home{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+<div class="container">
+ <div class="row">
+ <div class="col-sm-8">
+ <h2>Basic information about this service</h2>
+ <h5>Documentation of the data format</h5>
+ <div class="fakeimg">Maybe the Logo again</div>
+ <hr class="hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg">
+ </div>
+ </div>
+</div>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block scripts %}
+{% endblock %}
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diff --git a/frontend/templates/login_content.html.jinja b/frontend/templates/login_content.html.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1d044e9b051842ad459992aecd5f78b1776dbc22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/templates/login_content.html.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% extends "base.html.jinja"%}
+
+{% block title %}Login{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+<p>INSERT Login Stuff HERE!!</p>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block scripts %}
+{% endblock %}
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diff --git a/frontend/templates/storage_content.html.jinja b/frontend/templates/storage_content.html.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e5aebece1e41c6132ebd3eecc46ae11af45885ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/templates/storage_content.html.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{% extends "base.html.jinja"%}
+
+{% block title %}Storage{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+<div class="container">
+ <div class="row">
+ <div class="col-sm-8">
+ <div class="dropdown">
+ <button class="btn btn-secondary dropdown-toggle" type="button" id="dropdownMenuType" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
+ Select Storage Type
+ </button> <label id="typetext">TYPENAME</label>
+ <ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="dropdownMenuType">
+ <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="?type=dataset">Dataset</a></li>
+ <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="?type=storagetarget">Storage Target</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+ <h2>Basic information about this service</h2>
+ <h5>Documentation of the data format</h5>
+ <div class="fakeimg">Maybe the Logo again</div>
+ <hr class="hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg">
+ </div>
+ </div>
+</div>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block scripts %}
+ <script src="js/choose_storage.js"></script>
+{% endblock %}
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 01cc3bcf5c0698441a411d1b07cf6ea7c79a3ac0..b736477610ba4c32f55d0ff4d4d50e226824e77c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ uvicorn==0.13.4
python-dotenv==0.17.1
python-multipart==0.0.5
python-jose[cryptography]==3.2.0
-passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4
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+passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4
+jinja2==3.0.1
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