The way I do is to just have each page use a <page> root element.
Then my XSL translates <page> to add a standard header/footer on each page. e.g.:
<xsl:template match="page">
<xsl:call-template name="header"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:call-template name="footer"/>
</xsl:template>
HTH.
DR
At 11:13 AM 12/4/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I know that this list is for Cocoon specific questions but with so many options
>available to me in Cocoon, I thought I might ask it here.
>
>I am using Cocoon 2 and would like to have standard headers and footers on every
>page. I have my site navigation in the Header. I would like the navigation to get
>its information from a totally seperate XML file that only has data (no presentation,
>XSL or logic, XSP). Something like this:
>
><menu>
> <item name="Home" uri="/welcome">
> <item name="Services" uri="/services"/>
> <item name="Products" uri="/services"/>
> </item>
> <item name="About Us" uri="/aboutus">
></menu>
>
>I don't want my individual pages to have any concept of this "menu.xml" file. I'd
>like to reference "menu.xml" from somewhere like XSL, read in the values and prepend
>the generated pages with the Header and this navigation content. The end result
>being, I can add and remove values from one file and have it can the navigation on
>all pages, instantly. What is the most simple way to do this in Cocoon 2?
>
>Thanks for any help,
>
>Richard
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