Re: WYSIWYG Template Editor
Does anybody know a template engine, whose templates can be edited with a WYSIWYG editor (favourably dreamweaver) as they will look when filled with example data? HTML_Tree: http://homepage.mac.com/pauljlucas/software/html_tree/
Re: WYSIWYG Template Editor
On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Joachim Zobel wrote: Happy New Year. Does anybody know a template engine, whose templates can be edited with a WYSIWYG editor (favourably dreamweaver) as they will look when filled with example data? If you use XSLT, there's a number of options available to you. Try searching a site like http://www.cafeconlech.org/ -- !-- Matt -- :-Get a smart net/:-
Re: WYSIWYG Template Editor
Basel, Dienstag, 1. Januar 2002, 13:32:54 . *see original email below* Hallo Joachim I use Dreamweaver with HTML::Mason. But none of the Perl based solutions can be seen with data (as far I tested). You only see icons. Right now UltraDev only works withs MS ASP and JSP. I'm happy to hear about other suggestions :-) Best Regards Christian - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - . == beginn original == Date: Dienstag, 1. Januar 2002, 13:13:42 Subject: WYSIWYG Template Editor Happy New Year. Does anybody know a template engine, whose templates can be edited with a WYSIWYG editor (favourably dreamweaver) as they will look when filled with example data? Thanx, Joachim -- ... ein Geschlecht erfinderischer Zwerge, die fuer alles gemietet werden koennen.- Bertolt Brecht - Leben des Galilei === end original
Re: WYSIWYG Template Editor
From: Matt Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anybody know a template engine, whose templates can be edited with a WYSIWYG editor (favourably dreamweaver) as they will look when filled with example data? If you use XSLT, there's a number of options available to you. Try searching a site like http://www.cafeconlech.org/ I can't reach that site - is the spelling correct? I'd like to find something that would allow non-technical people to write their own templates for pages that, as they are accessed, fill in variables pulled by a server-side http request to an XML data source. To make things even more difficult, I'd like parts of the resulting page to appear in editable form fields that could be modified before submitting to yet another location. We have data servers with commodity exchange data, and reporters that need to generate stories showing those values, sometimes including comments. Some of the layouts never change, but it would really be best if the reporters could generate and control their own templates without having to understand all of the details involved. Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: WYSIWYG Template Editor
On Tuesday 01 January 2002 21:08, Les Mikesell wrote: From: Matt Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anybody know a template engine, whose templates can be edited with a WYSIWYG editor (favourably dreamweaver) as they will look when filled with example data? If you use XSLT, there's a number of options available to you. Try searching a site like http://www.cafeconlech.org/ I can't reach that site - is the spelling correct? No, it's http://www.cafeconleche.org/ I'd like to find something that would allow non-technical people to write their own templates for pages that, as they are accessed, fill in variables pulled by a server-side http request to an XML data source. This may not at all fit your needs but Illustrator 10 has data binding options and exports to SVG (which can then be viewed on the web). I haven't yet looked into it enough to know whether what it offers is sufficient or not. Given that Adobe is heading very heavily in the direction of end-user XML these days, you should probably look into GoLive 6 when it comes out (probably in less than a week). Another option might be XML Spy. XML+XSLT editors are probably to replace HTML editors as time goes by and people increasingly realise just how much easier it is with real templates (as opposed to the stuff you get in current editors). Given that your data is XML and you need them to control the output's structure a bit to add form fields (which can't be done _yet_ with CSS), something that generates XSLT is probably the solution as any other XML-transforming option will likely require code (tough you might be able to do it in XPathScript). To make things even more difficult, I'd like parts of the resulting page to appear in editable form fields that could be modified before submitting to yet another location. We have data servers with commodity exchange data, and reporters that need to generate stories showing those values, sometimes including comments. Some of the layouts never change, but it would really be best if the reporters could generate and control their own templates without having to understand all of the details involved. A lot of this depends on just how much layout power you need to give them, and on the degree of complexity and context-dependency of your source XML. If it's only simple stuff and the XML is rather context-free (ie element foo means the same thing and has pretty much the same layout irrespective of its relationship to the rest of the tree) then you could have some simple interface onto a backend that would generate user-specific stylesheets. Of course, I'm missing a lot of data and requirements about your project so this is all educated hand waving at best :-) Happy new year all ! -- ___ Robin Berjon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- CTO k n o w s c a p e : // venture knowledge agency www.knowscape.com --- Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. Yes is the answer.
Re: WYSIWYG Template Editor
On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Les Mikesell wrote: From: Matt Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anybody know a template engine, whose templates can be edited with a WYSIWYG editor (favourably dreamweaver) as they will look when filled with example data? If you use XSLT, there's a number of options available to you. Try searching a site like http://www.cafeconlech.org/ I can't reach that site - is the spelling correct? I'd like to find something that would allow non-technical people to write their own templates for pages that, as they are accessed, fill in variables pulled by a server-side http request to an XML data source. To make things even more difficult, I'd like parts of the resulting page to appear in editable form fields that could be modified before submitting to yet another location. We have data servers with commodity exchange data, and reporters that need to generate stories showing those values, sometimes including comments. Some of the layouts never change, but it would really be best if the reporters could generate and control their own templates without having to understand all of the details involved. One interesting tool is Xsplit from percussion. You might find it quite interesting. I missed the e off cafeconleche.org, fwiw. -- !-- Matt -- :-Get a smart net/:-
RE: WYSIWYG Template Editor
Must be www.cafeconleche.org. -P -Original Message- From: Matt Sergeant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 5:50 PM To: Les Mikesell Cc: Joachim Zobel; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: WYSIWYG Template Editor On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Les Mikesell wrote: From: Matt Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anybody know a template engine, whose templates can be edited with a WYSIWYG editor (favourably dreamweaver) as they will look when filled with example data? If you use XSLT, there's a number of options available to you. Try searching a site like http://www.cafeconlech.org/ I can't reach that site - is the spelling correct? I'd like to find something that would allow non-technical people to write their own templates for pages that, as they are accessed, fill in variables pulled by a server-side http request to an XML data source. To make things even more difficult, I'd like parts of the resulting page to appear in editable form fields that could be modified before submitting to yet another location. We have data servers with commodity exchange data, and reporters that need to generate stories showing those values, sometimes including comments. Some of the layouts never change, but it would really be best if the reporters could generate and control their own templates without having to understand all of the details involved. One interesting tool is Xsplit from percussion. You might find it quite interesting. I missed the e off cafeconleche.org, fwiw. -- !-- Matt -- :-Get a smart net/:-
