Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Graham,
I've just started using SiteMesh(from opensymphony.org) and I find it really refreshing and straightforward. I was using Tiles but it ultimately seemed over complex. SiteMesh uses Servlet 2.3 filters so it sits "outside" Struts - this makes it much easier work with for me or it would help you apply a new layout and look and feel to an otherwise finished site. A few pros of SiteMesh: - all the "pagelets" that comprise a full page can be generated as well-formed HTML documents. This makes it easier for them to be designed and built than other systems (e.g. Tiles) where a "pagelet" might be just a table (thinking real world/real people here: designers using Dreamweaver don't need to get their heads around editing pages at the code level). - the concept is really simple to grasp - being Filter-based means you can take your Struts hat off when you want to put together the presentation layer. - it applies the layout/look and feel *after* the "pagelets" have been generated. This allows the presentation to be more easily reactive to the generated output. Cons of SiteMesh: - I haven't found any yet. Anyone else got some? Chris ********************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or parties to whom it is addressed. If you have received this email in error please forward it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete all copies of this message immediately. Thank you. *********************************************************************
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