First steps I would suggest would be get CFMX, start writing html that validates to xhtml1 and use style sheets.
CFMX will allow you to manipulate your entire documents as a single xml data structure if they are valid xhtml. The opportunities here are huge, so I won't start going into them - do some reading on CFMX's xml related functionality. Using style sheets & the "media" attribute you can format the data (xhtml) differently for each of your output mediums (print, screen, handheld, tv, etc..). Essentially what you should aim for separation of data (xhtml) from presentation (css). Doing this will make your content management much easier. Books: Not sure, http://www.oreilly.com/ will probably have heaps of relevant titles covering xml, xhtml & css. I don't think they have a CFMX book yet but I would look out for it because their CF5 book is really good. Sites: www.zeldman.com and the sites he links to have some good stuff (like http://www.nypl.org/styleguide/ & www.alistapart.com). http://www.fullasagoog.com/ is a collection of CFMX & other macromedia related blogs with heaps of good stuff (this site is all built on CFMX's xml tools and a prime example of what we are talking about here). Tools: A good code editor -> Notepad/Editpad/HTMLEdit/Coldfusion Studio CFMX, a web server & database XMLSpy??? (never used it but have heard many people mention it) I don't think you really need any special (or high end) software or hardware to do what you are talking about, of course this depends on the load & volume of data. Cheers Mark ______________ Mark Stanton Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: 9956 6388 Mob: 0410 458 201 Fax: 9956 8433 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.gruden.com -----------------------+ cf-xml mailing list http://torchbox.com/xml/list.cfm
