On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 04:50:05AM -0400, Michael Spunt wrote: > I've hacked some lines right now, maybe you (and others) would like to > see it. Unfortunately, my f2s MySQL won't be available until 9:30am GMT, > so I had to test it at home. Anyway, these are the URLs: > http://www.technoid.f2s.com/news.gif > http://www.technoid.f2s.com/news.php.txt > > The latter is the source code. No OOP, almost no functions, pure > junk code. Sorry for GIF guys and girls! :-) Tell me, if you'd like > to see the MySQL structure, too. Umm, see, this is what worries me. code and HTML all interspersed. I just can't deal with that and I have the impression that lots of folks here have been through that nightmare many times. Can you restructure it to get that design/code/content separation going? On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 07:12:26AM +0200, Stefan Stiasny wrote: > talking about source code is probably not appropriate in this > stage... but if we really want to have any dynamic sites i would > urge to use xml/xsl transformation or another kind of templating > system... mixing contents, code and design is just a nightmare to > maintain. That whole XML/XSL is snake oil IMHO. It just seems like it's trying to do a little bit too much. Cheers, Tom -- Tom Rathborne tomr@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.aceldama.com/~tomr/ | I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my | H complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the | A greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission, and I want to help you. | L