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Posted to user@forrest.apache.org by Dave Brondsema <da...@brondsema.net> on 2004/08/13 01:18:39 UTC

Re: creating skins (was: Forrest available-skins only lists test* skins)

Charles Palmer wrote:
> Team
> 
> Is there any guidance or advice on producing skins?
> 


> Is there any automated or documented way of creating the .xsl files from an
> existing HTML website, or is it all hand-crafted? That is, can arbitrary
> HTML design tools be used to produce good-looking site templates, which can
> then transformed into .xsl files? Or do you have to be both an HTML guru and
> XSL guru to make a new skin?
> 
> Charles
> 

Yes, you need to know XML, HTML and CSS.  The best way to create a new 
skin is to copy an existing one and modify it.


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