Author: rgardler
Date: Mon Sep 12 16:40:01 2005
New Revision: 280449
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=280449&view=rev
Log:
add comment regarding live data and about future use of forrest:views
Modified:
forrest/trunk/whiteboard/plugins/org.apache.forrest.plugin.input.ecs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
Modified:
forrest/trunk/whiteboard/plugins/org.apache.forrest.plugin.input.ecs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/forrest/trunk/whiteboard/plugins/org.apache.forrest.plugin.input.ecs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml?rev=280449&r1=280448&r2=280449&view=diff
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---
forrest/trunk/whiteboard/plugins/org.apache.forrest.plugin.input.ecs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
(original)
+++
forrest/trunk/whiteboard/plugins/org.apache.forrest.plugin.input.ecs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
Mon Sep 12 16:40:01 2005
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@
<section id="usage">
<title>Usage</title>
- <p>Unfortunately Amazon does not serve content with a doctypue
identifier. This
+ <p>Unfortunately Amazon does not serve content with a doctype
identifier. This
makes it impossible for Forrest to work out which transformations need
to be
applied. Consequently, we need to use a naming convention to inform
Forrest
when a file is a an Amazon file. You can use the Locationmap to hide this
naming structure from your users. However, in this document and the
enclosed
- samples we will using the requried naming convention.</p>
+ samples we will using the required naming convention directly so that
you can
+ see how it works.</p>
<p>All requests to be processed by this plugin must have an *.ecs.*
filename.
The first wildcard is the requested file, the second is the requested
@@ -45,7 +46,22 @@
</section>
<section>
+ <title>Static or Live Data?</title>
+ <p>Using the locationmap it is possible to retrieve live data from Amazon
+ when running Forrest in dynamic mode. However, please be aware of Amazons
+ rules regarding caching of data.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
<title>Layout</title>
+
+ <note>Currently this plugin uses the "old fashioned" skinning system
+ of Forrest 0.7 and earlier. However, it will soon be modified to use
+ the brand spanking new "forrest:views" system in 0.8. This will provide
+ much more control over the layout and use of data within an Amazon page.
+ In the meantime you have full control over the layout of an ECS page
using
+ CSS, as described below.</note>
+
<p>All elements are enclosed within <code><div></code> elements
to enable the site designer to control the laout of their page using CSS.
This table below indicates the names of these section for various parts
