On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Les Mikesell wrote:

> >From: "Matt Sergeant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > > Does anybody know a template engine, whose templates can be edited with a
> > > "WYSIWYG" editor (favourably dreamweaver) as they will look when filled
> > > with example data?
> >
> > If you use XSLT, there's a number of options available to you. Try
> > searching a site like http://www.cafeconlech.org/
>
> I can't reach that site - is the spelling correct?   I'd like to find something
> that
> would allow non-technical people to write their own templates for pages
> that, as they are accessed, fill in variables pulled by a server-side http
> request
> to an XML data source.   To make things even more difficult, I'd like parts
> of the resulting page to appear in editable form fields that could be modified
> before submitting to yet another location.   We have data servers with
> commodity
> exchange data, and reporters that need to generate stories showing those
> values,
> sometimes including comments.   Some of the layouts never change, but it
> would really be best if the reporters could generate and control their own
> templates without having to understand all of the details involved.

One interesting tool is Xsplit from percussion. You might find it quite
interesting.

I missed the e off cafeconleche.org, fwiw.

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