linking to other pages dynamically

[Johnny Jones <ja...@hotmail.com>]

Hi Users,

I like the way the menu or the tabs work in terms of dynamically managing 
navigation.  I have a header on a site with 5 images I would like to link 
respective pages.  This would be easy if I use absolute paths.  However, I 
would like to avoid absolute paths and use the same trick that the menu uses 
so that all the pages on the site use the same header xsl but the link 
information to these pages changes depending on what directory the page that 
displays the link is in.  For example, if I am navigating the site at 
localhost:8080/sandbox/authoring/index.html and I would like to link 
localhost:8080/sandbox/authoring/welcome.html it works using the same xsl as 
does the link from localhost:8080/sandbox/authoring/page1/page1.html.

I tried to review different documenation from lenya website such as Dynamic 
URIs, Usecases, Link Management, but I still have a vague idea of what to 
do.  I would really appreciate it if you could give me some guidelines or 
advice regarding the best way to approach the above problem.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Re: linking to other pages dynamically

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On 5/23/05, Johnny Jones <ja...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I like the way the menu or the tabs work in terms of dynamically managing
> navigation.  I have a header on a site with 5 images I would like to link
> respective pages.  This would be easy if I use absolute paths.  However, I
> would like to avoid absolute paths and use the same trick that the menu uses
> so that all the pages on the site use the same header xsl but the link
> information to these pages changes depending on what directory the page that
> displays the link is in.  For example, if I am navigating the site at
> localhost:8080/sandbox/authoring/index.html and I would like to link
> localhost:8080/sandbox/authoring/welcome.html it works using the same xsl as
> does the link from localhost:8080/sandbox/authoring/page1/page1.html.
> 
> I tried to review different documenation from lenya website such as Dynamic
> URIs, Usecases, Link Management, but I still have a vague idea of what to
> do.  I would really appreciate it if you could give me some guidelines or
> advice regarding the best way to approach the above problem.

I am uncertain what you are attempting.  Either:
1. You want a graphic to display for menu items for certain URLs.
2. You want static pages linked from all pages, but for some reason
you want the links generated dynamically.  If so, why bother?  Static
pages are static.  The dynamic generation is only useful for
navigation that will change.

Either can be accomplished with XSL.  

#1 requires checking if a graphic exists for that path, then adding it
to the HTML.  This may require setting standards for the filenames of
the graphics.

#2 really should just be static links in the XSL, but you can probably
complicate it and slow down your website if you really try.  If you
want the links to change between "authoring" and "live", use the XSL
parameters:
<A HREF="{$root}/staticPath/staticPage.html">

solprovider

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