Introduction

Layout, structure and content

Insert content

The web pages are assembled according to the structure (Excel: zulu_structure.xls), the content-files and the template.

For to each line 'Page' in the Excel sheet a webpage-file is assembled. The content is merged with the layout (template) creating the file which is the relevant webpage.

Example: Assembling the webpage "Why Zulu?": Detailed description.

1. Find the template and open it:
   
   According to the 'Printersion' entry in line 'Web', <!--Zulu:Tag:Printextension--> is replaced by ".html".
   The path is given relative to the location of the Excel file. Consequently zulu_template_current.html is in the same directory as the Excel file. This template-file is now read.
2. Find the content:
   Excel line "Input:" 
   
   
   Excel table "Navigation:" 
   
   ...
   
   
   <!--Zulu:Tag:Folder-> is replaced according to the 'Page' entry in the Excel table 'Navigation'. The resulting input content-file is ../zulu/warum_zulu/index.zulu_content.html with its path given relative to the Excel file. This content-file is now read.
3. Insert the content:
   In the template-file found in step 1 <!--Zulu:Tag:Content--> is substituted by the content found in step 2.
4. Build the website navigation:
   This step is discussed in the following chapter.
5. Save the HTML-page:
   Excel line "Output:" 
   
   With all tag replacements the resulting HTML-file is ../zulu/warum_zulu/index.html.  
   Again the resulting path is given relative to the Excel file. Die HTML-page is now assembled and finally saved.

Letzte Änderung: 2005-09-28 11:05:18, Zulu Website-Assembler v4.0.0