Re: [SMARTY] XML+XSLT or Smarty?

Hello Hardik, We are doing a lot of products around XML/XSLT, and recently we have just released a very powerful and open source (GPL) CMS - KompleteLite - based on XML and XSL, that allows you to publish contenton the web. See more about Komplete Lite at http://www.interakt.ro/products/KompleteLite/ Komplete is a web application based on the Krysalis platform. Krysalis allows you to define easily XML/XSL transformation pipelines, and to create complex XML applications with ease. Read more about Krysalis and XML/XSL (we have a lot of tutorials) at http://www.interakt.ro/products/Krysalis/ Alexandru -- Alexandru COSTIN Chief Operating Officer http://www.interakt.ro/ +4021 411 2610 "Hardik Doshi" <php_hardik@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20030327160554.67417.qmail@web14712.mail.yahoo.com... > Thanks again Luis. Currently i have only one > presetation (HTML) so i think smarty can do it what i > need. Do you have any idea about different > applications of XML technology in web based products? > > Waiting for positive answers. > > Thanks in advance. > > Hardik Doshi > > --- luis <luis@fuegolabs.com> wrote: > > If you are going to provide multiple presentations > > for your objects > > (Example: HTML, WML, TXT, PDF, ETC ETC) Then you can > > benefit from > > managing them in XML and use an XSLT stylesheet to > > convert them. > > If not you can just use Smarty with a set of > > templates for each > > presentation. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hardik Doshi [mailto:php_hardik@yahoo.com] > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 12:49 PM > > To: luis; 'Smarty General'; 'Smarty Dev' > > Subject: RE: [SMARTY] XML+XSLT or Smarty? > > > > Thanks for your quick feedback. > > > > >From your reply, i got the following layout in my > > mind. > > > > 1. First of all PHP script calls proper table of > > MySQL > > (or any) database and retrieve information in XML > > format. > > > > 2. Now PHP calls XSLT processor to take care of > > recently generated XML document. > > > > 3. XSLT renders XML document and get proper > > printable > > contents. > > > > 4. XSLT gives printable contents to Smarty template > > engine to print result set in proper layout. > > > > Is this correct? Thats what you mean? > > > > Correct me if i am wrong anywhere. > > > > Now from your explanation i have one question for > > you. > > Why do you want to make one extra call for XML+XSLT > > processing? Is it necessary? From my understanding, > > it > > makes the application slower because of addition of > > extra processing. > > > > Please explain me clearly. If you have any examples > > or > > tutorial explaining your idea than it would be nice. > > > > Again thanks for your help. > > > > Hardik Doshi > > --- luis <luis@fuegolabs.com> wrote: > > > You can use both. > > > For example you can have an XML representation for > > > some objects and use > > > XSLT to render the object in different > > > presentations. > > > You can also have a set off different Smarty > > > templates for presentations > > > and use the proper XML transformation depending on > > > the presentation > > > being used. > > > A possible idea is to use Smarty for all the > > layout > > > and pages in your > > > site and XML+XSLT for displaying objects in your > > > pages. For example you > > > can have an XML document representing an "article" > > > and use XSLT to > > > transform the article to HTML, WML or say PDF. > > > There're many options. > > > What I wouldn't do is to use XML+XSLT to generate > > > HTML pages for your > > > site or application that's usually hard to > > maintain, > > > a Smarty template > > > is much simple and easy to maintain than an XSLT > > > transformation. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Hardik Doshi [mailto:php_hardik@yahoo.com] > > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 12:13 PM > > > To: Smarty General; Smarty Dev > > > Subject: [SMARTY] XML+XSLT or Smarty? > > > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > > > I am writing a PHP based student management portal > > > and > > > library management software for one graduate > > > college. > > > I am looking the possibility of using template > > > engine > > > in my web based applications. After initial > > research > > > i > > > come with two ideas namely Smarty template engine > > > and > > > XML+XSLT technology. Now i need feedback from > > Smarty > > > template community about advantages of smarty over > > > XML+XSLT or in either way. > > > > > > Please guide me in proper direction based on your > > > experience with above two different template > > > engines. > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Hardik Doshi > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! 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