On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Perrin Harkins wrote:
I wrote:
> > 3. Non-standard tags: placed at specific points in the markup.
> > (Another downside: DreamWeaver doesn't understand them.)
> Now that I've seen your example, it seems to me that you are doing almost
> exactly the same as #3. The only difference is that you're using HTML
> extensions ("CLASS=foo") that are legal in authoring tools.
Not quite. If you use a package like Meta-HTML, the non-
standard tags are used to do ALL the work including (for
example) database queries and iterations. Hence, the "logic"
is very much embedded within a given point in the HTML file as
well.
My technique completely separates the logic from the dynamic
content substitution.
> This is different from XMLC, which requires the program using it to specify
> which node to replace the contents of.
Right: my technique is not tied to a specific node; it's tied to
ANY node that has the right CLASS names.
> I think your approach is better.
Thanks! :-)
- Paul
