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* Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> [07/03/26 08:05 -0700]: |
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> So this is getting pretty long winded; my basic question is do you as a |
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> developer find writing web pages to be confusing or difficult? |
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I'm one of the few people who like XML. Probably it's |
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because I don't have to care for the design and just need to |
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create content. It's also the reason why I like LaTeX and |
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docbook (well, the processing-tools are not that well |
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developed for docbook yet…). |
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> Is there not a good tutorial for learning our webpage XML |
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> syntax? |
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The XML-files of already written pages ;) |
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> Do you find that you bump up against restrictions in the |
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> DTD or other problems that prevent you from expressing |
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> yourself properly? |
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There are for sure some difficulties with our DTD, |
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especially for our project-pages. Adding a news-entry at |
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top or putting the elements in a fixed order. |
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> Do you have any idea how to actually go about extending |
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> GuideXML (or the other XML's we provide) Have |
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> you ever tried? |
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I work with GuideXML for more than four years now. I know |
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the XSLT-process behind, and I know our DTD. In the past I |
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did some small extensions, but currently it's very good |
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developed and from my point of view it is usable. |
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> Could we improve training with regards to any of this? |
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See the server-messages when you commit an XML-file. There |
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are two guys named who will help when there is an error in |
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the file during commit ;-) |
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But back to the question you started your message with: The |
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outdated project-pages. My opinion is, that GuideXML is not |
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the blocker for updating them. It's more a menpower issue. |
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Most developers have more fun in keeping their project in a |
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good state than providing information about the project on a |
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website. Furthermore there are many non-native speakers in |
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the projects who don't want to write websites in a broken |
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language. One person per project who watch the project and |
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collect the FAQs with answers might solve the problem. |
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Regards, Lars |
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