I haven't used Forrest but Maven was pretty darn easy to get going. All I had to do was download it and run "maven jar" or "maven site:generate". It handled all of the dependencies by itself.
Assuming Forrest is as easy to use as Maven, I don't really care which we use. I do prefer to maintain a site L&F that is fairly consistent with other Jakarta projects so the Avalon style linked below looks good. David --- Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know the discussion on whether to use Forrest or Maven to generate the > Struts website was a few weeks back, but unfortunately, at the time, I > was > too busy to participate. I'd like to lay out a case for Forrest, not to > insist Struts uses it, but rather to make sure the decision is made with > all the available information. > > In short, Forrest offers these benefits over Maven's website generation: > > - Multiple output formats including PDF and HTML > - SVG to PNG rendering > - Built for handling and aggregating multiple XML sources like RRS > (soon > wiki and Docbook) > - Power and features of Cocoon including charting, web services > integration, scripting support, etc. > > Further, deciding between Forrest and Maven isn't an either/or > situation. > There exists a Forrest plugin for Maven and it would be easy to > integrate > Maven's reports into a Forrest site build. > > To me, the key feature of Forrest is the first one listed, multiple > outputs. This is especially useful for documentation as PDF is much > better than HTML for printing for the many users that like hard copies. > > Finally, Forrest content is built to be presented in not only multiple > output formats, but multiple skins. To demonstrate this, I've quickly > redone the Struts site into Forrest format (which is very similiar to > the > current format thanks to the xhtml work of late). I've only converted > the > menu and the main page, which should be sufficient. > > Please note, this examples are not polished and only serve to > demonstrate > the skinability of Forrest. > > Krysalis style: http://www.twdata.org/dakine/site/ > Avalon/Tigris style: http://www.twdata.org/dakine/site1/ > Forrest/XML Apache style: http://www.twdata.org/dakine/site2/ > > If we did decide to go with Forrest, I'm willing to convert the old site > over and help handle any integration. I'm most definately not an expert > at Forrest, but am familiar with Cocoon and thankfully, Forrest is > pretty > easy. > > Don > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
