I need to post a few examples but you can use Flex as a very powerful templating engine for large content sites. I am evaluating a technique that provides seamless search engine support, restful urls (del.icio.us), rich presentation, and API RIA like interactivity. Basically you have 1 Flex SWF file that provides the site template and based on the URL loaded, the Flex SWF is injected with HTML/XML/URL/AMF data based on the page.
The idea is to cleanly separate presentation from the data that drives the page itself. HTML and AJAX force you into delivering a server merged data/design to the client where Flash Player/SWF can merge the presentation/data tier on the client side. Plus with E4X you can bind controls to the injected XML/Data for very powerful interactive templates. 1. Load HTML/XML Page with SWFObject DIV Overwrite. 2. Inject HTML/XML/URL/AMF into Flex SWF Template 3. Layout the data in Flash Player interactively. The SWF here might support many States, Components, Panels, Forms that simplify user interaction. 4. Restful URLs that allow for bookmark support and inner interactivity. One of the key advantages is that you can skin a complete site by changing one file. Once cached loading time is minimal and typically as fast or faster than transferring a large quantity of HTML with images, etc. If anyone is interested in working on formalizing this design with me in the community, I am wide open to suggestions. Free your mind, Flex 2 can be anything you want it to be. You can use it in the small (Widgets), in the large (Application), or somewhere inbetween. What is funny is that this solution actually delivers the promise that XML/XSL tried to deliver a few years back but with layout containers, controls, states, and interactivity. Regards, Ted Patrick Flex Evangelist Adobe Systems Incorporated ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
