* dihan wijewickrama <drdihan at inbox.com>: > Hello, I'm looking at creating an online book for a non-profit organisation- > The Australian Wellness Association. > > I'm very impressed with the Navigation structure of the PHP Manual at > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ > > and am informed that they used the docbook system. > > I'm a writer not a webcoder so I need to find out whether XMLeditor would > allow me to generate the online book.
XMLeditor is the tool to edit the content. DocBook is the DTD you use to create documents that conform with the DocBook standard. You use an XSL template to transform your document (XML format) to the desired output format (e.g. XHTML) _and_ to give the structure and style (with additional CSS when using HTML). What you can expect from XMLeditor is that it eases the editing process significantly. The style and structure are controlled by the XSL template. If you want 'the PHP.net style' take a look at <http://doc.php.net/php/dochowto/>. It describes the editing process and you should probably find what you need there. > If it does, then what is required to implement the xml output at the server > end- eg would this run on Drupal CMS or would I need to customise a CMS for > the job? You can convert the XML to HTML before you put it online or you can have some server side application that reads in XML and converts it on the fly. The easy start (and less expensive in getting to know the edges and ends) is to use the first method. You might want to download XMLMind FO Converter too in order to get more control on the conversion process. There's many switches you can throw to control the output. p at rick -- state of mind Agentur f?r Kommunikation, Design und Softwareentwicklung Patrick Koetter Tel: 089 45227227 Echinger Strasse 3 Fax: 089 45227226 85386 Eching Web: http://www.state-of-mind.de Amtsgericht M?nchen Partnerschaftsregister PR 563
