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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Chunked output with .css and images folder
On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 02:28:04PM +0200, Janning Vygen wrote: > Am Freitag, 2. Mai 2003 11:01 schrieb Gabor Hojtsy: > > > > I'm not understanding why you want to split up your > > > > HTML output into multiple directories. I can understand > > > > keeping the XML source in separate directories, but > > > > why split up the HTML? > > > > > > it is sometimes wanted because some say you get a better search > > > engine ranking if you have a filename like > > > /keyword1/keyword2/keyword.html > > > > keyword1.keyword2.keyword.html equally contains all the keywords. > > of course! but it isnt very popular to have filenames of 256 chars, > isn't it? but dont let discuss it. some people wants to have it and > they may have their reasons. > > > > It is sometimes wanted to let a visitor or editor see the > > > structur of a website by its url. (like these nice path strings > > > sometimes found in the head of a page (you are here...) > > > > 'You are here' information can perfectly be generated out of the > > docbbok structure. You just need to 'climb back to the top' with a > > named template, and create this list. > > of course. But some people just want "you are here information" in > the document path. It is as easy as to build a path info inside the > html code. so why dont let them have their long path with lots of > directories? > > I just dont think about if it reasonable. It is possible and people > want it. so why dont do it? > > compare it to naming files by id! Why do you want it? it makes no > sense. you can name them ch01s01.html too. If you access your stuff > only via browser and http links its perfectly fine. But people tend > to look at the url to imagine where their are. It is one sort of > navigational context like a menu, like a "you are here info" and so > on. It is a reasonable feature, but it just isn't implemented yet in the stock DocBook XSL stylesheets. You could file a feature request on the DocBook SourceForge tracker if you don't want to implement it yourself. The Website customization for DocBook has a feature that lets you specify multiple output directories and manages the links between them to some extent. But it doesn't handle chunking of books at the same time; it just manages separate small Docbook documents. -- Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 The SCO Group fax: (831) 429-1887 email: bobs@sco.com
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