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From: David J. <dj...@ya...> - 2003-11-18 17:19:01
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You're welcome Eric, What kind of servers do they use? Most non-MS solutions already have an XML parser built into them so you may be able to use something after all. Please let me know if I can be any more help! Best regards, David --- Eric Hobart <eh...@du...> wrote: > Thanks David, > > This gives me a starting point ... I have to learn more about xml before I > try to incorporate any features on the alumni magazine site. > > The pages will be standard xhtml ... the University doesn't use Microsoft > servers (no ASP), and the IT folks are reluctant to let us deploy Cold > Fusion on their production server. They also don't allow Server Side > Includes, although if we can put the parser on our departmental server and > point to it from within the pages hosted on the University's server, that > might be an option. > > I'll keep in touch as I learn more. I'm having to approach this project in > phases, but I don't want to create any obstacles along the way that would > necessitate a lot of recoding to reach the final goal of complete (or as > close as possible) xml automation. > > Thanks again ... I still have a lot to learn. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Joham [mailto:dj...@ya...] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:57 AM > To: Eric Hobart > Subject: Re: [xmljs-users] converting Word docs to xml and dynamically > filling a site in xhtml > > > > Hi Eric, > > I'm not sure the normal usage of XML for <SCRIPT> is going to be a whole lot > of help for you since > it's primarily a client-side solution. However, you might be able to get > around the "no XML parser > on the server" problem by using server-side Javascript in your (what I > presume) ASP pages. > > There shouldn't be any reason why XML for <SCRIPT> wouldn't work as a > server-side parser. I assume > the JavaScript engine is the same between IE and IIS. > > If the idea of using XML for <SCRIPT> on the server-side works for you, then > you have a lot of > different options - the best (IMHO) is to use the XML parser to grab > whatever XML you need and > then dynamically build the xhtml+css to send to the browsers. Since your > work is primarily > content-oriented, that will probably get you where you need to go without > having to use anything > truly fancy on the client's side. > > Does this help you out? I'd be happy to answer any more specific questions > if you still need some > assistance... > > > Best regards, > > David > > --- Eric Hobart <eh...@du...> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm an xml rookie and am looking for some general guidelines on deploying > an > > xml parser and using it to pull content from a well-styled Word document > > (eventually Quark documents). My overall goal is to create a mechanism > that > > uses xml to dynamically create and fill pages on a site with xhtml pages. > > > > I post our University's alumni magazine online and am in the process of > > converting all pages to xhtml strict. I'm educating myself on schemas, > xslt, > > etc., to figure out how to automate page creation and introduction of > > content to those pages. I'm well versed in CSS and plan to keep > presentation > > there. > > > > Our University IT group will not install an xml parser on the University's > > production server, so I'll have to perform all transformation on our > > department's server and manually load the complete online magazine site to > > the University server. I also need to maintain an archive of all previous > > issues online. > > > > Optimally, I'd like to automate creation of each issues navigation as > well. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated ... I'd like to avoid using > > proprietary solutions (Dreamweaver templates, Cold Fusion) if it's > possible > > to do the same work with xml. > > > > Thanks ahead of time. > > > > > > Eric Hobart > > Web Developer > > University of Denver > > Communications & Marketing > > 303.871.3590 > > eh...@du... > > www.du.edu > > www.du.edu/news > > www.du.edu/ocm/newsletter > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC > > GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from > > any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! > > https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl > > _______________________________________________ > > xmljs-users mailing list > > xml...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xmljs-users > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree |
