On 2007-12-08 14:13, Roberto Nunnari wrote: > Hi. > > see my comments below. > > Daniel Aleksandersen wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I am a little uncertain about whether I need Apache Cocoon or FOP. I > > am > > If you just want to generate pdf, then FOP is enough. > > > not very familiar with these kind of tools, but I really want to > > learn. I will explain what I want to create, and then I hope I will > > get some pointers to get going. > > > > I want to create an web archive of articles. The content will be > > static. I have decided to store the articles in static XML files > > instead of using a database. The main presentation form is an Atom > > feed; containing the ten most recent articles. The feed should link > > to a URL (like Atom feeds most often do) on the web where the article > > was originally published. I also want to enclose the articles in PDF > > format (for long time preservation). The second presentation form is > > a HTML page that links to the individual PDFs, sorted by date. > > This looks like a good job for cocoon.. witch may use FOP for > generating the pdfs on the fly..
I thought so. > > I do not want to run an application on my server. Because the content > > will not be update too often I think storing the files statically and > > generating them on my local machine on demand should suffice. > > I assumed you were going to do it on the server.. if you want to do the > transformation on the client, I'm not sure on how to proceed.. but > then, without a server app, you'll lose cocoon and fop.. I believe most > browsers include some kind of XSL processor, but I don't know how to > generate pdf on the client.. maybe you could install a plugin.. or use > an applet.. You misunderstood me. I want to use Cocoon/FOP on my own machine and then upload the output to my server. But I am unsure how to do this. Or, as I wrote earlier: I am unsure where to begin. > Hope that helps. > > Best regards. -- Daniel Aleksandersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
