XPublish (TM) is a professional XML publishing system for efficient authoring, publishing and maintainance of websites.
XPublish let you use XML markup to describe and maintain the content of websites.
Repeated content such as footers can be maintained as XML Entities (includes), eliminating much of the need for error-prone search/replaces. The integrated Cascading Style Sheets editor makes it easy to define a consistent presentation style for the site.
At your command, the XML documents are automatically published as standard HTML for deployment on a web server on any platform. XPublish will add a CSS style sheet to the resulting HTML pages, and will optionally emulate the style sheet using presentation markup for older browsers.
Using XPublish, you can start benefitting from the efficiency of XML and Cascading Style Sheets today. XPublish can import and process your current HTML documents without requiring any changes. At your own pace, you can start making use of the various features of XML by adding these to the HTML documents. When you are ready, you can complete converting the previous HTML document into valid XML to ensure optimal processing and interchangability.
New versions as well as additional information about XPublish is available from:
http://interaction.in-progress.com/xpublish
QUICK START
XPublish is plug & play. After starting up, the application present you with a manager for the locations of the site.
Double-click the "index" location to open the document in the editor. The document is in XML extended HTML. The markup contains XML Entity References such as &footer; which will be replaced with the text of a footer at publishing time.
To get an overview of the entities, open the Entities dialog from the File menu. Add a reference to an entity by dragging it from the Entities dialog to the document editor. To create a new entity, choose "New Entity" from the File menu, or drag & drop content on the Entities dialog.
Publish the demonstration site by choosing "Publish" from the File menu. XPublish will convert all documents into HTML, and copy other files to the result folder. All entity references are replaced with their corresponding values. Open any file in the result folder to compare the published HTML to the original XML markup.
The CSS Style Sheet is available from the Windows menu, in an editor similar to the Cascade style sheet designer. Set a style for selected elements, then close the dialog. Next time the site is published, the new style will be used.
See the XPublish Tutorial for lessons if how to use the basic features of XPublish.
LIMITATIONS
The 1.0 version of XPublish has some limitations that we will be working on for the next release. Part of the reason for holding back with these features is to get your feedback so the features can be implemented to be as useful as possible. Most of the limitations relate to authoring and processing of XML markup even if all XML 1.0 constructs should be possible to use in a document.
• No external XML entities are resolved, except for public identifiers for Document Types and external parameter entities in the DTD. External entities in the DTD are resolved by finding a file in the Document Types folder with a name that matches the public id of the entity.
• Parameter entities in the document type declaration subset will not affect conditional marked sections in the DTD.
• Element identifiers should be in upppercase for backward compatability with HTML. Some user interface features may misbehave if you use mixed case.
• The Attlist dialog does not support enumerated attribute types (but enumeration can still be used in declarations).
• Internal entities cannot build markup or make use of a notation.
• No Processing Instructions will be executed.
• Syntax coloring of markup is not yet finished. XPublish may fail to color certain constructs or keep a color for other content.
• The description of a location doesn't have a value for XML and HTML documents.
• Some dialog fields will allow a value even if it doesn't follow XML 1.0.
KNOWN PROBLEMS
Please report any problem or inconsistency to <xpublish-bugs@in-progress.com> and it will be fixed with the next release.
XPublish doesn't handle out-of-memory situations very well. Typically, it will present a cryptic dialog at startup stating that some library is missing, or will produce blank pages at publishing time. the About XPublish dialog will provide information about how much free memory is available for the application. You are advised to ensure that it has at least one megabyte of free RAM.
XPublish uses an object database to maintain the a copy of the documents in a preprocessed format for efficient processing of larger sites. The database is in the file called Cache Database. In the event of inconsistent content or behavior, you are advised to quit XPublish, trash the Cache Database file, then restart the application to rebuild the database.
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• MEDIA DESIGN/IP means MEDIA DESIGN IN•PROGRESS (TM) and TERJE NORDERHAUG
• PACKAGE means the software, manual(s), and any other items accompanying this agreement.
• SOFTWARE means the computer programs contained in XPUBLISH (TM) together with all codes, techniques, software tools, formats, designs, concepts, methods, and ideas associated with these computer programs.
• YOU and YOUR refers to any person or entity that acquires or uses the SOFTWARE.
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2. Reverse-engineer, disassemble, decompile, or make any attempt to discover the source code or internal technical architecture of the SOFTWARE.
3. Translate or create derivative works based on the SOFTWARE.
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