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Posted to dev@forrest.apache.org by Jeff Turner <je...@apache.org> on 2003/08/09 10:15:55 UTC
Newsletter entry
Added to http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?ApacheNewsletterDrafts/Issue1
Please make changes as necessary.
--Jeff
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The Apache XML Project - Forrest
Contributor: Jeff Turner
[Forrest], for those who don't know, is an XML-based documentation system built on Cocoon, used to build sites like [http://xml.apache.org]
Forrest is currently in a stable phase, waiting on some Cocoon improvements before a 0.5 release is made. Significant progress has been made since 0.4. Most notably, the monolithic sitemap has been divided into functional categories and logical layers, with the aim of making Forrest sites easier to maintain, and new features easier to add [*]. There are numerous new features, including:
* Ability to generate a single PDF/HTML of the entire site
* New flexible tab/menu system [*]
* Numerous skin improvements, including Javascript-controlled menus
* A new pure CSS variant of standard skin.
* DTD improvements (v11 replaced with v12, and v20 in the works)
* Wiki support [demo]
* Improved PDF output
* About 70% faster, thanks to the new command-line interface in Cocoon
Forrest gained two new committers, Juan José Pablos, and Leo Simons (who wrote a Maven plugin, waiting to be checked in). In addition, all Cocoon committers were granted karma to Forrest CVS, in recognition of the close ties between these projects.
Tentative plans for the next release include:
* adopting XHTML 2 as a standard intermediate format
* adopting RELAX NG as a schema format
* developing a simple XSLT-based plugin system for defining new tags
* make site development much faster by avoiding the creation of a temporary webapp directory
* exploiting the numerous features in the upcoming Cocoon 2.1 release
Join us on [forrest-dev@xml.apache.org] if you have questions or would like to participate.
Re: Newsletter entry
Posted by Stephan Schlierf <st...@vsa.de>.
Hi,
the list of new features sounds really great! Lots of thanks to all the
contributors, developers, bug reportes ...!
I have just one question: Is there a fully documentation planned which
describes these wonderful features and how to use them ? Or, much more
better, maybe it still exists (where can I find it) ?
Again, thank you very much!
Greetings,
Stephan
Am Samstag, 9. August 2003 10:15 schrieb Jeff Turner:
> Added to
> http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?ApacheNewsletterDrafts/Issue1
> Please make changes as necessary.
>
> --Jeff
>
>
> --------------------------------------
> The Apache XML Project - Forrest
>
> Contributor: Jeff Turner
>
> [Forrest], for those who don't know, is an XML-based documentation system
> built on Cocoon, used to build sites like [http://xml.apache.org]
>
> Forrest is currently in a stable phase, waiting on some Cocoon improvements
> before a 0.5 release is made. Significant progress has been made since 0.4.
> Most notably, the monolithic sitemap has been divided into functional
> categories and logical layers, with the aim of making Forrest sites easier
> to maintain, and new features easier to add [*]. There are numerous new
> features, including:
>
> * Ability to generate a single PDF/HTML of the entire site
> * New flexible tab/menu system [*]
> * Numerous skin improvements, including Javascript-controlled menus
> * A new pure CSS variant of standard skin.
> * DTD improvements (v11 replaced with v12, and v20 in the works)
> * Wiki support [demo]
> * Improved PDF output
> * About 70% faster, thanks to the new command-line interface in Cocoon
>
> Forrest gained two new committers, Juan José Pablos, and Leo Simons (who
> wrote a Maven plugin, waiting to be checked in). In addition, all Cocoon
> committers were granted karma to Forrest CVS, in recognition of the close
> ties between these projects.
>
> Tentative plans for the next release include:
>
> * adopting XHTML 2 as a standard intermediate format
> * adopting RELAX NG as a schema format
> * developing a simple XSLT-based plugin system for defining new tags
> * make site development much faster by avoiding the creation of a
> temporary webapp directory * exploiting the numerous features in the
> upcoming Cocoon 2.1 release
>
> Join us on [forrest-dev@xml.apache.org] if you have questions or would like
> to participate.