I actually have multiple presentation layers.  IOW, I take my
site markup, and transform it into a layout (either using C2's
aggregation, or XSLT), and from there I use the final "skin".

The biggest thing for me is that I need to be able to restructure
the visible components of my site in just a small number of files.

Steven Punte wrote:
> 
> Dear Cocoon User Group:
> 
>   I've spent about the last six months building a
>   large complex cocoon based dynamic web site.
> 
>   Yes, the separation of content, logic, and presentation
>   is great.  However, the more I think about it, the hard
>   it seems to define exactly should be in the presentation layer.
> 
>   Certainly, color scheme, font type, encapsulation
>   of all HTML,  etc... is in the presentation layer.
> 
>   However, what about layout?  If one moves layout into
>   the presentation layer, then many page specific
>   templates (i.e. <xsl:template match="page-xxxx">)
>   (or equivalent) are needed in the presentation layer.
>   This doesn't seem right.
> 
>   On the other hand, if layout is specified in the logic
>   layer, then this makes it more difficult to support
>   a different display technology such as WAP, where
>   pages need to be broken up into the finer granularity
>   of cards.
> 
>   Hmm.
> 
>   So, "What is Your Presentation Layer?"
> 
>   Inquiring Minds Want To Know!
> 
>   Steve Punte
>   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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