I read about flow before and in fact I intended ot use it once I got this supposedly "basic" part of the site resolved.
Anyway, I re-read the documentation and I can't seem to find out how it would help the situation described below. How can I use flow logic combine 5 pages that require dynamic processing into one page? --- Ralph Goers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It sounds like you need to take a look at flowscript > or javaflow. > > footh wrote: > > >I'm converting my site from pure JSP to Cocoon. > > > >I've read lots of tutorials on Cocoon and I've come > >really close to getting the site to work the way I > >want but I've hit a few snags. > > > >Basically, the site has a header, footer and two > >sidebars with content in the middle. In JSP, I > would > >just have includes on every page for the header, > >footer, etc. However, in Cocoon, I was hoping I > could > >have one "template" page that decided the layout. > > > >I was able to create this model, mainly using this > >tutorial: > >http://www.cocooncenter.org/articles/navigation.html > > > >I created an XSL stylesheet for the header, footer, > >and two sidebars, along with associated XML content > >files and imported those into a "main" stylesheet. > >Then, in the main stylesheet, I apply the templates > >for the constant parts by using the document > function > >in XSL, for ex: > > > ><xsl:apply-templates > >select="document('..\menus\header.xml')/*"/> > > > >For the main content on each page, I have separate > XML > >files that, for now, are simply a dump of static > HTML > >and I use the copy-of XSL tag to insert it into the > >page. Later, I'll make these XSP pages and > >dynamically generate the content. > > > >Here's where I've hit a couple issues. The header, > >footer and sidebars contain some dynamic content. > For > >example, if a person is logged in, the header will > >show something different. I was able to get around > >this by passing in the "remoteUser" parameter to > the > >stylesheet in the pipeline and then using > stylesheet > >logic. But, there's also other logic I will need > to > >process that's a bit more complicated (ex. > depending > >on the user's role, etc). With my current layout, > I > >can't seem to find a way to add logic that can use > >Java to these mostly static blocks. > > > >I've tried aggregating, but that doesn't seem to > work > >well with XSP. Also, I'd like to not use cinclude > >since I'd like to avoid including the other > elements > >on every page like in JSP. > > > >Might anyone have any suggestions for me out there? > > > >Thanks a ton. > > > >JF > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
