Hi

I live without multi-coloured paragraphs, but the overall skin I can do a
lot with :-)

Images are included like this:

[http://url/image.gif]

The title is best created as a link {Image Name} before the '[]'s

Regards

Nathan

On 29/07/2009 12:07, "Lukas Theussl" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> 
> nsowatsk wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> APT does support style sheets for Maven sites. We have our own L&F for our
>> APT based sites.
> 
> So how do you write that in apt:
> 
> <p style="color:red; font-size:8px;">A small red paragraph</p>
> <p style="color:blue; font-size:20px;">A large blue paragraph</p>
> 
> ?
> 
>> 
>> I have many images included in my APT files using URLs.
> 
> So how do you write that in apt:
> 
> Here's a little icon with a link: <a href="maven.org"><img
> src="maven.jpg"/></a>
> inside my text.
> 
> ?
> 
>> 
>> Table layout is no better or worse than a Wiki.
> 
> Agree. If that's all you need, take it, was my whole point.
> 
>> 
>> Meta information can be supported by Velocity templates *.apt.vm).
> 
> Sure, but that makes the simplicity argument redundant IMO.
> 
> -Lukas
> 
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Nathan
>> 
>> 
>> On 29/07/2009 10:44, "Lukas Theussl" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Just use the easiest tool that does the job, it all depends on what you
>>> need.
>>> Apt 
>>> is easy to learn and use (especially for people who are allergic to xml),
>>> but
>>> in 
>>> turn it also lacks in flexibility and misses advanced functionality, eg
>>> (from
>>> the 
>>> top of my head):
>>> 
>>> - no styles (css)
>>> - no javascript
>>> - no inline images (icons)
>>> - no figures as links
>>> - no advanced formatting and layout (eg tables)
>>> - no meta-information
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If you need any of those, you'd have to use eg xdoc or direct xhtml. Xdoc
>>> lets
>>> you 
>>> do all of the above (plus the things you mention: snippets and .vm macros),
>>> but is 
>>> also more complicated and, for some, harder to read.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> -Lukas
>>> 
>>> 
>>> nsowatsk wrote:
>>>> We use APT as it is easy to use and has features like snippets that allow
>>>> us
>>>> to include code in the documents.
>>>> 
>>>> Of course you can also use html in the resources directory also, so using
>>>> APT doesn't mean that's all you get.
>>>> 
>>>> APT also allows you to create .apt.vm files that can contain macros that do
>>>> funky stuff (when they work at all).
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> 
>>>> Nathan
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 28/07/2009 20:46, "EJ Ciramella" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> So a discussion has popped up here as to why use apt, xdoc or fml over
>>>>> just plain html.
>>>>>  
>>>>> I (personally) think it's easier to just throw together APT docs REALLY
>>>>> fast and not worry about various components (css and such).
>>>>>  
>>>>> How do I sell apt as the format to use?
>>>> 
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