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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that a single XML file per directory is the way to go. Actually, you are right, XML does not any functionality over what could be done with PHP/MySQL. In fact, the XML will be parsed and dumped into a database. The reason I want XML is because I want to be able to view all the site-specific data at a glance and have the flexibility to modify it without creating complex queries and mucking around in PHPmyAdmin (because the normalized DB will have all kinds of foreign keys, even with MyAdmin queries will still need to be crafted to identify which entries in which tables pertain to which directories). Also, the concept of being able to FTP the entire site, meta-information and all without losing anything is attractive. As I get further into the project, however, I may discover that the complexities of syncing up from XML are more trouble than they're worth and move everything into MySQL. As for your warning about doing away with <h1> tags, have no fear, that transformation will only occur for specific graphical browsers that the site supports. Unknown user-agents will get a more vanilla page that is guaranteed to display correctly (if not beautifully) in any browser. It's really just an alternative using negative margins and loading 3 stylesheets which I never felt quite right about. Anyway, you can be sure i'll keep you updated on this. The framework of the templating/module/transformation system will all be released as open source once I get it to a generally useful form. -jiblet Loading...
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