Monday, December 7, 2020

CSS Within XSLT - a way to simplify simple HTML generation from XSLT

It can be a challenge to keep CSS files up to date as you change XSLT transformations to produce different HTML output. You've got to remember what you changed and then work out which CSS rules are affected and update them. Removing out-of-date rules is important, and can even affect your site’s ranking in search results, but it’s hard to do and requires attention to detail.

Recently I’ve been taking a different approach and I’m finding it much more productive.

Web History and SoftQuad HoTMetaL

 Years ago, starting in 1989, i worked at SoftQuad Inc. in Toronto. I got there because SoftQuad sold a text formatter based on troff (sqtr...