Eli wrote:

>> As for the static vs dynamic argument, XSLT is perfect for this sort of
>> documentation. You shove the document content in some simple static
>> files, and then write separate stylesheets for the html version of the
>> doc, and the pdf version, etc.
> 
> In terms of browser support, if you are thinking of client-side XSLT, that
> support isn't there yet (http://www.w3schools.com/XSL/xsl_browsers.asp).  If
> you try for server-side XSLT that instantly means you need some form of
> script parsing engine like ASP or PHP which can introduce maintenance issues
> if the language ever changes (PHP is quite susceptible to this as extensions
> change quite a bit in major releases... and hosting providers usually see no
> issue in upgrading to newer versions of PHP).

It's much simpler to just use the Apache mod_xslt module:

LoadModule mxslt_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_xslt.so
AddOutputFilterByType mod-xslt application/xml

Done

I built my CV using XSLT. To make sure it worked in old browsers I
created a htaccess file like this:

https://secure.grepular.com/cv/htaccess.txt

-- 
Mike Cardwell - IT Consultant and LAMP developer
Cardwell IT Ltd. (UK Reg'd Company #06920226) http://cardwellit.com/
Technical Blog: https://secure.grepular.com/blog/

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