I have a same question in my mind about XML. I have another question in my mind too.
If we are using smarty template engine in our development then what is need of XML and XSLT for presentation layer? I think XML and XSLT work is automatically done in smarty template engine. Am i right? Please correct me if i am wrong. Let me know which one is good to use smarty engine or XML,XSLT for seperating interface and php code? thanks Hardik --- Sascha Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know how XML works and how a wellformed document > may look > like, but I must say, I really dont know why I > should use XML as long > I store everything in a Database. > > I've read about all good CMS Systems use XML as a > musthave, but I > don't understand why. > > Would be nice, if you would explain me which data I > should store in > XML and why. > Maybe its usefull together with big Customer > Management Systems, > or do you have other Ideas? > > Please discuss a little about it with me, I would > find it very interesting > :)) > > CYA > > Sascha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Sascha Braun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 11:43 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] WYSIWIG CMS Part1 > > > > look into using XML if you havent already. > > > > > > Sascha Braun wrote: > > > > >Ok, > > > > > >overspoken. I'm going to write my basic CMS > Concept here, and let us see > > >what happens then. My Multilanguage Frontend > Engine has even finished, > > >but still needs a nice Admin Frontend to do the > translation of the > Frontend. > > > > > >Ok, lets start. Later I will tell some about the > things which I could not > really > > >understand yet, maybe somebody is able to help. > > > > > >Tasks of the CMS (I called it freecon, dont know > if there is something > similar): > > > > > >1. Template Engine > > >2. Design Management > > >3. Article Management > > >4. Content Management > > >5. User Management > > >6. Customer Management > > >7. Message Management > > > > > >1. The "Template Engine" should help developers > to easy build Websites > based > > >on the CMS. The only Thing the Developer has to > do, is to develop an > static > > >HTML Webpage Design and replace all the Visitor > viewable and Admin > viewable > > >textparts with special "CMS Based Tags". As there > is possibility to write > parts > > >of the CMS as Modules, it would be very nice if > fx. the customer login > could > > >consist of a small code sniped and a border > (Table and Images fx.) so the > > >developer can easely change the design of the > page, probably with the > "Design > > >Management". > > > > > >2. The Design Management is part of the > Administration Kit for the CMS. > With > > >this tool you should be able to change the Design > of the Templates and if > you > > >used the "CMS Based Tags" you should be able to > upload new parts of the > > >homepage design and change the hole page look, > with a few mouseclicks. > > >So there has be an Design Table in the Database > or an configuration file, > > >where all the Imageparts are stored and together > build the page look and > > >feel. The CSS Stylesheet should the be changeable > to a lot of forms, seen > > >in phpbb or other nice templated website tools. > > > > > >3. The Article Management should be part of the > Admin Interface where you > > >can deside, of which parts an article should be > consist. Fx. an Article > could > > >possibly consist of an Headline, Introduction, > Shortdescription, > Description, > > >1 Image, 2 Images and much more. So it would be > nice, if the Admin could > > >give some orders on which parts a text may > consist of and which design > you > > >should be able to chose from. When you want to > write a new Newstext and > > >the Admin decided that newstexts should consist > of an headline and a > short > > >description toghether with the maximum of 1 > Picture, you will chose when > > >you want to create the text in which language you > want to create it and > you > > >will enter an custom frontend for the article, > where only the form fields > are > > >visible you may use to write the article, when > you wanted you create the > article > > >in more than one language, you will able to > choose if you want to see all > forms. > > >(I mean for the different translations on one > page or you will be able to > enter the > > >translate mode, where you will see fx, headline > in english and an empty > headline > > >form below for Italian language, But Later Ill > explain more about the > article mana- > > >gement). I choosed to do it in this way, because > it will reduce the space > needed > > >by the database enormously, because there is an > table which only holds > the head- > > >lines, in all languages, and another one only > holds the introductions, in > all langua- > > >ges, and so on. > > > > > >4. The Content Management, I started to explain > in 3. a little about how > it should > > >work. Now I will get a little deeper into it. > > > > > >When your Chief decides that you should write an > article, he starts > entering a new > > >title or headline for the task and sets the > priority and chooses in which > language > > >the article should be translated in. After he did > this, he chooses > between his em- > > >ployes who should write this article, if he > doesnt direktly choose one, > he can > > >choose the knowledge which the employe needs to > have (At this point fits > the > > >usermanagement I'll explain later). After he has > did all this, one or a > couple of > > >of employes will receive an email, that there is > a new task to do. When > the Chief > > >only choosed one special employe only one will > get the message on the > other hand > > >of he choosed somebody who knows a lot about PHP > and there are ten people > in > > >the company who know a lot of php all these ten > people will receive the > message unless > > >one of the does not speak or is able to write > text in one of the needed > languages. > > > > > >When of of the employes enters the page, the > first thing he will look at > is is task pool. > > >In the Task are stored all undone articles who > need to be written. After > the employe(from > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
