"The cocoon site has something similar"? Oh, please point me to it.
Thanks Derek >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004/07/13 04:42:20 PM >>> On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 11:24, Derek Hohls wrote: > No, I wasn't aware of navigation issues... > can you explain this one further? I meant it as a positive thing: when printing, the left navigation area isn't printed, so the pages are quite printable. > > For example, when I am at this site: > http://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/hands_on_tutorial/index.html > > and press the print button on my browser > (Opera or IE6), I get a neat print-only version > popping out (using a different stylesheet and > quite different look-and-feel from the :cool: > version I see on my web browser). yep, the cocoon site has something similar, though less worked out. > > I cannot see any impact on my navigation > in this scenario; I suppose one could also > pop-up a new window so you could "preview" > the print-ready version... but most browers > also support creating a "print preview" which > works just as well, IMO. Also no navigation > issues in this approach. > > Derek > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004/07/13 10:10:29 AM >>> > On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 08:42, Derek Hohls wrote: > > I assume that a number of the sites that have > > a Cocoon "look and feel" are created the same > > way (- Forrest?). It has always "bugged" me > > that, when visiting these sites, I cannot just click > > on the print button on my browser and create a > > well-laid out page directly on my printer. > > Discouraging people from printing seems like a good thing to me ;-) > > Anyway, you know that the navigation is automatically dropped when > printing? > > > > > I know there is a mechanism to create "printable > > versions" of pages, using PDF. Despite the fact > > that PDF is fairly widely used, not everyone buys > > in to it, and it is not always the most appropriate. > > I do feel that Cocoon, whose major use has been > > as a web-publishing framework, should allow for > > better printing facilities. In practice, its not hard to > > achieve, if we ditch the clunky use of tables for the > > layout and move to a stylesheet-based approach. > > > > I was wondering if there were any plans to do > > this in the near future? > > > > (yes, I know this is open-source and stuff only > > happens if someone volunteers... would this be > > an appropriate area that needs some time invested?) -- Bruno Dumon http://outerthought.org/ Outerthought - Open Source, Java & XML Competence Support Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
