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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Website Info Needed
Hi Dave, Thanks for the help, I'll give it a try. I'm really intrigued by the metadata nature of the system and that boiler plate, menus etc can be added and changed easily. Eric Dave Pawson wrote: > At 14:41 11/04/2002 -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm interested in trying out website but have a few questions. I >> looked at the examples and docs as far as I could find from the >> download and SF. >> >> Does the website go one place and then output to another so that the >> src doesn't get uploaded? > > > Yes, I have it set up like that. > > > >> Will it produce XHTML like docbook xsl or just HTML? > > > Depends on which stylesheets you call I guess, but I haven't used that > feature, > so I'm unsure. > > > > >> How does the XBEL work and what is the advantage? > > I can't answer that one, sorry Eric. > > I learned from the tiny examples that Norm publishes with website, > its enough to get you started. > Bit like ant, its all controlled from the dummy 'build' file that you > write. > The stylesheets are controlled by that, and determine > > > This is the top end of my 'layout' file, used as the input to phase one > of the process: > > > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <!DOCTYPE layout SYSTEM "../nw/docbook/website2/layout.dtd"> > <layout> > <config param="homebanner-tabular" value="graphics/pig.gif" > altval="Home Banner"/> > > <config param="output-root" value="/sgml/site2"/> > ^^^^ root of all output > > <copyright> > <year>2001</year> > <holder role="http://www.dpawson.co.uk">Dave Pawson</holder> > </copyright> > > <style src="xslfaq.css" type="text/css"/> > > <!-- Now the toc for the whole site. --> > > <toc page="dpawson.xml" filename="index.html"> > ^^ input file dpawson.xml becomes output file index.html in (current) > root directory. > > <tocentry page="braille.xml" dir="braille" filename="braille.html" > tocskip="0"/> > ^^ Since a child of previous, this file gets put into the 'braille' > directory in current dir > which is child of root > > <tocentry page="xsltuk.xml" dir="xsltuk" filename="index.html" > tocskip="0"/> > <tocentry page="xslfaq.xml" dir="xsl" filename="xslfaq.html" > tocskip="0"> > <tocentry page="list.xml" filename="list.html" tocskip="0"/> > ^^ this file gets put into root/xsl/list.html > > etc, so the directory structure relates the the tree structure of this > file. > I like it, its kinda neat imho :-) > > HTH DaveP > > > > >
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