The _decorator is a Velocity template, nothing JSP-related will work there, and it is only used for individual website pages (not the Roller admin/front pages).
If you want to edit the front page, look to main.jsp. Lance On 2/25/06, Justin Grammens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great ideas! Thank you both very for your replies. I'm > using the: > > _decorator > > page template for my site and unfortunately it seems > to not interpret any JSTL tags. It just outputs the > <c:import> literally when I put it into my _decorator, > that is why I was thinking I might have to create my > own function. > > I had another thought and that maybe using AJAX and > the HttpRequest object might do what I want so the > client actually makes the request. I'll continue to > investigate all of the options. Thanks again for your > pointers. I really appreciate you taking the time to > help out a "Roller newbie" like myself. > > Justin > > --- Hassan Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Allen Gilliland wrote: > > > > > I think you have the right idea. You would > > certainly need to write > > > your own code for talking to the web service and > > getting any data > > > that you wanted because Roller doesn't have any > > built-in facility to > > > do something like that. > > > > > > Currently the main page is just a jsp, so to add > > in the data from > > > your web service you would just hack the jsp and > > make the calls to > > > your code. > > > > Or if you're not hell-bent on reinventing the wheel, > > use JSTL and a > > simple <c:import > > url="http://example.com/webservice.xml"/> :-) > > > > FWIW! > > -- > > Hassan Schroeder ----------------------------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Webtuitive Design === (+1) 408-938-0567 === > > http://webtuitive.com > > opinion: webtuitive.blogspot.com > > > > dream. code. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
