Thanks for all the input, everyone. I think my current approach is going to be to build something like (though with a lighter set of features than) SiteMesh using mod_ruby, if possible (spent an hour or two trying to get _why's example to work with no luck, but a few more hours is called for before trying a different approach).
Erik correctly guessed that at least a few of these apps will be third party, which causes some extra difficulty, but... I'm trying to limit it to apps that at least give me some templating ability. The idea being that if I can strip down their internal templates (easier than having to constantly update them all to add in changes to the overall L&F) I'll have an easier time processing the overall L&F on the end. Keep in mind that my biggest concern right now is just to get a consistent header and footer on things. Dealing with inconsistent tag usage is not trivial, but a lot of the trouble can be dealt with in CSS (it ain't easy or perfect, but it can get me close enough in most cases). Maybe I'll even come up with something somewhat reusable out of this and be able to share it with everyone else. ;~) thanks, thomas _______________________________________________ PDXRuby mailing list [email protected] IRC: #pdx.rb on irc.freenode.net http://lists.pdxruby.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxruby
