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I've started to find sites built in xml and I started to wonder how that works
anyone can explain?
I know of XHTML, but about how an xml file is done to show up as any normal html page, I don't know yet...
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 02:48 PM
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Posted 19 April 2009 - 04:34 AM
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Posted 19 April 2009 - 04:47 AM
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why can't you understand what I'm telling and answer my question instead of just arguing?
I'm starting to find pages built like
https://us.battle.net/login/login.xml
which is true xml based, not html or xhtml as far as I can see on sources. and I wonder how it is done. take a peak on the source and see that it's not html or xhtml, its xml.
I'm starting to find pages built like
https://us.battle.net/login/login.xml
which is true xml based, not html or xhtml as far as I can see on sources. and I wonder how it is done. take a peak on the source and see that it's not html or xhtml, its xml.
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Posted 19 April 2009 - 04:59 AM
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I am not arguing with you. I was stating that XHTML/HTML is indeed XML.
XML can be styled using a language called XSL. You can read about it on W3Schools: XSLT Tutorial
This is the XSL file used to style the page you linked: https://us.battle.ne...n-battlenet.xsl
If you look carefully, you can see that there is indeed normal XHTML (such as <strong>) and CSS (such as display:none) that is used to code the page.
XML can be styled using a language called XSL. You can read about it on W3Schools: XSLT Tutorial
This is the XSL file used to style the page you linked: https://us.battle.ne...n-battlenet.xsl
If you look carefully, you can see that there is indeed normal XHTML (such as <strong>) and CSS (such as display:none) that is used to code the page.
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Posted 19 April 2009 - 05:27 AM
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hmm.. great answer. what's the point of using XLS instead of XHTML?
do you know any advantages or disadvantages?
advantage(?) I can see is that normal people can't follow the code as easy...
do you know any advantages or disadvantages?
advantage(?) I can see is that normal people can't follow the code as easy...
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Posted 19 April 2009 - 07:16 AM
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As you can see, the XML file itself is very small, really just a frameset for the content. While this could have speed benefits, it is more difficult to manage everything in one XSL file, instead of having separate files for CSS, JS etc.
CSS + XHTML vs XML + XSLT
It is definitely worth noting that in HTML 5.0 (coming soon to a browser near you :)), the whole <body>, <head>, <div> idea will be scrapped. Instead, the page will look a lot more like XML itself!
This is HTML 4.0:
And this is HTML 5.0:
Pretty much pure, standard XML itself.
CSS + XHTML vs XML + XSLT
It is definitely worth noting that in HTML 5.0 (coming soon to a browser near you :)), the whole <body>, <head>, <div> idea will be scrapped. Instead, the page will look a lot more like XML itself!
This is HTML 4.0:
And this is HTML 5.0:
Pretty much pure, standard XML itself.
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Posted 28 April 2009 - 01:10 PM
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wait, are you trying to ask how do you do xml and php with database?
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Posted 28 April 2009 - 02:20 PM
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jwxie518 said:
wait, are you trying to ask how do you do xml and php with database?
No, I asked how the XML pages that is interpreted as HTML are built up to be shown properly, as standard XML normally will just show up the file.
Xav gave the answer, there is some kind of an layout DTD for XML that provides HTML in a modified way, with a special layout "language"
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