> > However, this > > approach is much more difficult to implement and requires fairly > > detailed knowledge of the internals of Forrest.
Should I understand this as "forget about it" ? :-D Supposing I was crazy enought to try, where should I start ? :-) First, how would I flag which sections I wan't to render and which I don't ? On 3/20/06, Web Maestro Clay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 20, 2006, at 12:15 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > > Web Maestro Clay wrote: > >> I have a similar need. I had thought that forrest:views[1] might > >> provide the answer to the above users and my questions, but I'm > >> not certain. > > > > The Forrest dispatcher (nee views) is dev code so adopt with > > caution (it is maturing nicely though). > > > > However, it does not really add anything to this use case. The > > dispatcher is about deciding how a page is structured (i.e. what > > decorations there are), not really what content appears within the > > main body of the page. > > > > It would certainly be possible to do this with the dispatcher, but > > I don't think it is any easier than with the current skinning system. > > > > I would approach this in one of two ways: > > > > a) use CSS to hide the relevant sections - in this case your > > different outputs of the site would simply use a different > > stylesheet. The disadvantage is that all the content is visible if > > a user does "view source". Use a different forrest.properties file > > for each different version, in which the extra-css element contains > > your additional CSS classes. > > > > b) create a custom skin in which unwanted content is stripped out > > according to a parameter passed in via the sitemap. The advantage > > here is content is not present in the client, so only the content > > intended for users can be seen with "view source". However, this > > approach is much more difficult to implement and requires fairly > > detailed knowledge of the internals of Forrest. > > > > Ross > > Thanks Ross! I noticed that there wasn't much information about > forrest:views... and it makes sense that it's been moved to something > else. I'll have to decide which approach to use. They both have their > pluses & minuses. I'm not concerned so much about hiding content from > the user (so it can be in the source). > > Clay Leeds > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > My religion is simple. My religion is kindness. > -- HH Dalai Lama of Tibet > > > >
