I should have qualified "look and feels" a little better, that's my bad.
The difference is that it happens server-side, not client side. What if one menu format happens to be JS dropdowns? You could do it with UL/LI elements and some messy JS (to parse the doc structure and create the menus), but it'd be hellish to make that work in older browsers that support pure-JS (i.e. the menu structure is defined in JS) menus without issue. To put it another way, CSS lets you format a defined document structure, while XSL lets you convert one structure into another (not necessarily XML) format. Hence it can be used for far more things than using CSS to format HTML can. cheers, barneyb On 7/30/05, Claude Schneegans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Simple to have have a single XML doc that describes your menu, > >>and then run it through an XSLT stylesheet to generate the same menu > >>with various look and feels. > > It still does not prove the advantage of using XML here. > I acheive exactly the same functionality with <UL> and <LI> in a simple HTML > doc > and plain CSS stylesheet. > -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 50 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:213337 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
