Re: Managing User defined Web Content design advice?

["V. Cekvenich" <vi...@users.sourceforge.net>]

A good way to do this is to reuse.
There is a Struts sample app at basicPortal.sf.net that does content 
management, and already has 2 clients using it and the implemented 
design, db desgin and source code is free on above link.

It stores content as XML inside a DB.
It can be approved, RSSed, etc.

The XML content can be displayed using JSTL X:Transform on the server or 
  via STXX on the browser.

So take a look and use the existing/working code. It has several other 
neat features, like CMA, DAO, zero copy, commons-sql, etc. etc.

Of course, several people can do consulting on it, or anyone else who 
has developed Struts apps to production.

.V
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Greg Hess wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am developing a hosted ecommerce app. One of the requirements is that the
> client's have the ability to customize sub menu navigation providing the
> link name and link content.
> 
> I am considering several possibilities of persistency and tags that might
> help me do this. I would like to take advantage of Struts features if it
> would benefit the app i.e.: MessageResources to hold the custom content. One
> of my main concerns is speed and not overloading the session with loads of
> content. I know I have to store the content somewhere and the requirements
> state that I use a flat file or multiple flat files. Some of my ideas are
> below and I would greatly appreciate any advice that you all might have.
> 
> 1) Serialize some java bean containing all the custom content and store in a
> file(maybe using XMLEncoder and Decoder, I like it :-) ) or properties
> file(why not use        MessageResources?) and have an Action load the
> requested content and place the content String in the request and for ward
> to a reusable contentDisplay.jsp.
> 
> 2) Create new files for each body of content and simply <jsp:include> or
> <bean:include> the page into the template. The problem here is that as the
> number of links and content is user defined and I only know how to use the
> include tags with static resources. Sure I could include an action but how
> would I dynamically add parameters to inform the include resource as to
> witch content to retrieve? I see that page param of bean:include is labeled
> (RT EXPR) does this mean that I can use an expression the provide that
> attribute, I have never been able to do this??? If I could do it in this
> manner I think it would be cleaner but obviously not sure how.
> 
> Well those are my ideas, if anyone has done this before or could provide
> some advise on how this should be done it would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Greg
> 




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