I'm interested in how others typically build a web application in regards to using many Pages or very few Pages with Panels for different "web pages" of content. I'm not referring to using smaller reusable panels within pages/panels, but main Panels that encompass the majority of the content of a "web page".
The first wicket site I built used had one primary page with several main panels for the content on different "web pages". It used the tabbed interface control, so it made sense to have a single page with different panels that get swapped in for different content "web pages". This site had many ajax features as well, so this approach made sense. I'm about 70% done on another project and I've used mostly Pages for each "web page" on the site. In many ways, this approach seems simpler and more straightforward. Plus, it makes adding bookmarkable pages easier. This site uses very little ajax, so that also makes the Page approach feasible. However, I discovered a navigation issue and am considering adding the Breadcrumb feature to this site. Unfortunately, it looks like the breadcrumb control uses Panels instead of pages. So it looks like I need to switch everything from being page-based to panel-based. Of course, doing that will take some time, but it isn't the end of the world. So, I guess I'm just wondering, what do the rest of you end up doing? Do you find that most of your "web pages" are actually Panels in a single Page? Or are your sites built using many Pages? Or is it somewhere in between? I'm just curious if there is a majority one way or the other and if there are any strong reasons for one approach over the other. Thanks! Tauren building another one now and it has a lot of pages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Wicket-user mailing list Wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-user
