Re: Announce: O'Reilly's XML Publishing with AxKit
GARY Hoffman wrote: Has anyone used AxKit in conjunction with DreamWeaver or GoLive or a similar program with respect to creating dynamic content for an otherwise static site? Yes, there are several ways to generate content dynamically in AxKit (XSP, XPathScript, custom Providers, etc) but I'm not quite getting the connection between that and WYSIWYG tools like Dreamweaver. Clarify a bit? Cheers. -kip -- XML Publishing with AxKit, http://www.axkitbook.com/ ** Buy Yours Today! ** - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Announce: O'Reilly's XML Publishing with AxKit
At 1:15 Uhr -0700 22.07.2004, Kip Hampton wrote: GARY Hoffman wrote: Has anyone used AxKit in conjunction with DreamWeaver or GoLive or a similar program with respect to creating dynamic content for an otherwise static site? what we have done for the publishing system used at www.ethlife.ethz.ch is using dreamweaver for editing the *contents*. The html is parsed and converted to xml on uploading (or saving) the html file. Mainly css styles are used by the editors for the text markup. Invalid markup is removed and is generating a warning message popped up to the editor. Except for some bugs still in the system, that works pretty well. Maybe today's client side xml editors provide a good alternative though. Christian - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Announce: O'Reilly's XML Publishing with AxKit
Michael A Nachbaur wrote: Robin Berjon wrote: Kip Hampton wrote: _XML Publishing with AxKit_ has been published and is now available at bookseller near you! For more information, please see the Table of Contents below and visit: http://www.axkitbook.com/ I've read that book, and I have to say it's probably one of the finest to come from O'Reilly (and no, I don't get royalties for saying this ;). I've known AxKit very well for years, yet that book still managed to add some coherence to that knowledge -- I'm sure reading it will be beneficial to any AxKit user (and likely, to any Cocoon user). I'd have to agree with this. Using the section on producing dynamic XML is what helped push me over the edge from XSP to building my own custom providers. Kip's been harping on me for some time that Providers are a way easier development paridigm, but I just hadn't grok'd the concept until I read his book. Okay... okay... Due to the glowing reviews I've just put my order into Amazon. -- Garrett Goebel IS Development Specialist ScriptPro Direct: 913.403.5261 5828 Reeds Road Main: 913.384.1008 Mission, KS 66202 Fax: 913.384.2180 www.scriptpro.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Announce: O'Reilly's XML Publishing with AxKit
I highly recommend Xopus (www.xopus.com). It's an XML Editor that runs in the browser and lets users edit an XSL-styled page in WYSIWYG fashion. It is schema-aware (any arbitrary schema!) so that it can ensure what is submitted is valid. The XSL is applied live, i.e. if you are sorting an element in the XSL, and use the editor to add a new element, it pops into its correct place. There are many other cool features too, a demo is available on their site. It's IE-only (for now) but Bitflux (www.bitfluxeditor.org) is the equivalent editor for the Mozilla engine (though I haven't tried it). -Original Message- From: Tom Howe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 4:42 AM To: Kip Hampton Cc: GARY Hoffman; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Announce: O'Reilly's XML Publishing with AxKit You might be better off looking at xml programs like Altova's XMLSpy/Stylevision, Stylus Studio or cooktop. These all provide friendly interfaces for developing xml/xslt content and templates. I know some of the fancy content management systems (like percussion) can generate xlst from html created in dreamweaver and stylus studio can take html content and map it to xml files. Programs like Dreamweaver and Golive are mostly design oriented, you can take the html they generate and feed it into your xslt stylesheets, but dreamweaver itself doesnt yet support XSLT to my knowledge. tom On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Kip Hampton wrote: GARY Hoffman wrote: Has anyone used AxKit in conjunction with DreamWeaver or GoLive or a similar program with respect to creating dynamic content for an otherwise static site? Yes, there are several ways to generate content dynamically in AxKit (XSP, XPathScript, custom Providers, etc) but I'm not quite getting the connection between that and WYSIWYG tools like Dreamweaver. Clarify a bit? Cheers. -kip -- XML Publishing with AxKit, http://www.axkitbook.com/ ** Buy Yours Today! ** - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Announce: O'Reilly's XML Publishing with AxKit
Kip Hampton wrote: _XML Publishing with AxKit_ has been published and is now available at bookseller near you! For more information, please see the Table of Contents below and visit: http://www.axkitbook.com/ I've read that book, and I have to say it's probably one of the finest to come from O'Reilly (and no, I don't get royalties for saying this ;). I've known AxKit very well for years, yet that book still managed to add some coherence to that knowledge -- I'm sure reading it will be beneficial to any AxKit user (and likely, to any Cocoon user). groupieKip, you rock!/groupie -- Robin Berjon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Announce: O'Reilly's XML Publishing with AxKit
I bought it :) Haven't read it yet thought, looks good but I mostly bought it on principal! Shall let you know my views if I have any :) On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Kip Hampton wrote: Howdy Axers, Yes, the rumors are (finally) true... _XML Publishing with AxKit_ has been published and is now available at bookseller near you! For more information, please see the Table of Contents below and visit: http://www.axkitbook.com/ I did my best to make sure that book has something for everyone, regardless of their familiarity with AxKit. New users will find detailed but concise coverage of the common topics of XML-based publishing, as well as need-to-know level introductions to XSLT, XPathScript, and XSP. AxKit veterans will find advanced publishing techniques, exhaustive API references for each of AxKit components, and clear strategies for (and examples of) how to extend AxKit to meet new or specialized requirements. It is my sincerest hope that the book will not only help to inform the current members of the AxKit community, but will serve as a tool for AxKit advocacy and means for developing a larger and stronger community in the future. If you pick up a copy (I know some folks here already have) be sure to share your thoughts by posting reviews on your favorite tech site or blog of choice-- the more people that know about AxKit, the more likely they are to leave their creaky 20th century tools behind. Thanks for enduring my little pitch; we now return you to your regularly scheduled AxKitting, already in progress... Cheers, -kip ps. I'll be giving a session talk on AxKit at O'Reilly's Open Source Convention next week in Portland. If you are attending OSCon (you are, aren't you???), feel free to drop by and say 'Hi' (and maybe even get your book signed :-). Table of Contents: Preface 1. XML as a Publishing Technology Exploding a Few Myths About XML Publishing XML Basics Publishing XML Content Introducing AxKit, an XML Application Server for Apache 2. Installing AxKit Installation Requirements Installing the AxKit Core Installing AxKit on Win 32 Systems Basic Server Configuration Testing the Installation Installation Troubleshooting 3. Your First XML Web Site Preparation Creating the Source XML Documents Writing the Stylesheet Associating the Documents with the Stylesheet A Step Further: Syndicating Content 4. Points of Style Adding Transformation Language Modules Defining Style Processors Dynamically Choosing Style Transformations Style Processor Configuration Cheatsheet 5. Transforming XML Content with XSLT XSLT Basics A Brief XSLT Cookbook 6. Transforming XML Content with XPathScript XPathScript Basics The Template Hash: A Closer Look XPathScript Cookbook 7. Serving Dynamic XML Content Introduction to eXtensible Server Pages Other Dynamic XML Techniques 8. Extending AxKit AxKit's Architecture Custom Plug-ins Custom Providers Custom Language Modules Custom ConfigReaders Getting More Information 9. Integrating AxKit with Other Tools The Template Toolkit Providing Content via Apache::Filter Appendix: AxKit Configuration Directive Reference Index - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]