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Nobody any idea of a good xml/xslt solution or a better solution ?



Roelof



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> From: rwobben@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:28:55 +0000
> Subject: RE: [xsl] xml /xslt cms
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> > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:18:40 +0100
> > From: wolfgang.laun@xxxxxxxxx
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [xsl] xml /xslt cms
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> > On 13 December 2011 13:56, Roelof Wobben <rwobben@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > Oke,
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> > > The job is to convert this site (http://www.tamarawobben.nl) into a
xml/xslt solution.
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> > (Hmm, I was asking you to avoid these XML, XSLT terms.)
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> I apolize for that.
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> > What kind of benefit do you expect (or have benn told to expect) from
> > this migration?
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> > What is not working well for you now?
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> The benefit I'm hoping to find is a solution which can be handled better
then I have now.
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> The site is now build in Textpattern cms and I needed a very complex script
to make it work.
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> If I change it now by adding a new item in the side menu the site is
unstable and the text is shown on the wierdest place.
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> Also there is not a solution I can build the menu like I want without
building it statically.
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> > > Like you see is that some months have several pages which contains
different number of pages.
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> > > So I need some sort of prev/next to go the next or previous page of that
month.
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> > These are HTML issues, and you have to set up a structure for months
> > and pages. But it does not advocate the use of "heavy" tools.
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> I don't agree with you. Most of the cms can only handle a fixed number of
articles on a page.
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> So I need flexibility to make what I have in mind and making all the site in
html is a hell of a job.
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> Expecially when I need a new layout or something else changed.
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> > > As menu I need a collapisble year/month menu. So the user chooses a year
and then the months are displayed.
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> > > As layout I like this idea (http://www.notepadchaos.com)
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> > OK.
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> > >
> > > The site is running on virtual shared hosting so I can't use a whole
server.
> > >
> > > I hope it's clear what I want.
> > >
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> > It's just a set of HTML pages, with simple features. I can't see that
> > Symphony or
> > anything else is really necessary here. And if you aren't experienced with
XSLT,
> > why use it?
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> Because I did not find any html or php solution which can do what I have in
mind.
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> And I read that with xslt I can build flexible sites in a way a person
wants.
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> And yes, im not experience in xslt but also not in C or php.
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> But if you know a solution I can build the site without xslt Im happy to
hear.
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> Roelof

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