<!DOCTYPE webpage SYSTEM "../website.dtd" [ <!ENTITY buildmake.xml SYSTEM "build-make.xml" NDATA XML> ]> <webpage id="buildext"> <config param="desc" value="Building with XSLT Extensions"/> <config param="rcsdate" value="$Date: 2001/09/26 23:06:39 $"/> <head> <title>Building with XSLT</title> <titleabbrev>Using XSLT</titleabbrev> <summary>Building with XSLT Extensions</summary> </head> <para>The alternative to <olink targetdocent="buildmake.xml">using make</olink> is to use XSLT extension functions. Naturally this will only be possible if you're using a processor for which the extensions have been implemented. The Website distribution includes extensions for Xalan and Saxon.</para> <note> <para>If the source pages for your website are stored in several files, this method will probably will not work correctly all the time. The extension can only see if the <quote>main</quote> page has changed, not subsidiary pages that it (logically) depends on. If you have a complex source layout, you will probably have to <olink targetdocent="buildmake.xml">use make</olink>.</para> </note> <orderedlist> <listitem><para>Create your webpages and your <filename>layout.xml</filename> file.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Use XSLT to create <filename>autolayout.xml</filename>. Do this by processing your <filename>layout.xml</filename> with the <filename>autolayout.xsl</filename> stylesheet. </para></listitem> <listitem><para>Use XSLT to build the website: process the <filename>autolayout.xml</filename> file with the <filename>chunk-tabular.xsl</filename> stylesheet. That should build your website. </para> <para>You can use the <literal>output-root</literal> parameter to direct where the result documents are produced.</para> </listitem> </orderedlist> </webpage>
