> >> - A simple, intuitive way for non-XMLers to add things to site.xml > > > > > > Have you any suggestions about what this may look like?
Not sure how technically possible this is, but how about a directory parser which builds the site nav? In other words the user would create a directory structure, arrange their source files where they want them to appear in the site map, and the parser would build the site structure in site.xml as a mirror of that directory structure. I realise that this would sacrifice flexibility, but I think a lot of users would use a 'quick and dirty' site design method (particularly one where rejigging the site structure would be as simple as moving the source files). > No, unfortunately I haven't thought too hard on it and I have limited > coding skills to even know what can be done. I just know that as soon > as I try to explain to coworkers how I add things their eyes sort of > glaze and they wander off to do something else. > > > > > Have you taken a look at the Eclipse plugin? This is a (very early > > development) of a GUI application for editing of things like site.xml. > > It works, but is a long way from perfect. Personally I don't like Eclipse much, takes ages to start, always seems to be missing some plugin which takes half a day to locate, slow. Would a Jedit plugin be possible? I use Jedit a lot as an HTML editor - largely because it has some great helper plugins like Xilize - and it works fine even on my slowest machine.
