Module :: UDT

User Defined Table's hidden tool revealed: Token Based XSL Generator and Editor

xmlmodule@gmail.com — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:26:52 GMT

Nearly one year ago (exactly only one day is left) we released UserDefinedTable 3.4.0. The presentation of one new single enhancement was assigned to me as the developer. Well, I never did. Now after even Core Team members detected the toy by accident, I can't wait to show up this little tool.

User Defined Table and custom XSL Stylesheets

xmlmodule@gmail.com — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

If you read my last blog [Token] based module templates and XSL compared, you might have asked yourself why I transformed the data into XML as the Announcement module doesn’t offer any XML feed beside the default RSS feed.

I needed a simple example, and a lot of users are already familiar with the Token based approach of the Announcement module.

In contrast, the User Defined Table (UDT) uses XSL-transformations for templating. I will repeat yesterday's example covering now the UDT module.

User Defined Table and the Power of XSL-Rendering

xmlmodule@gmail.com — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:00:00 GMT

UserDefinedTable3.3.x has introduced XSL-Rendering. All the data and settings will be accessible via XML and you can use the power of XSL to present the data as you like.

The shown example is not about exciting HTML rendering but about data aggregation.