Browser Support:
Browsing for the latest version of all major browsers is provided using XML, XSLT, XPath, and CSS. Javascript on is required.
IE6+, Firefox2+, Opera9+, and Safari3+ are supported. Other browsers in the same families as these major browsers are also supported.
Navigation Support:
A navigation menu at the top of each page provides the ability to move around the site. The first line of this menu provides a set of links that are the same for all pages. For instance, the blog link always takes you to the Rosebay Blog. The second line of this menu provides links that are relative to the current page. For instance the next links always moves you to the next page in this tour or series of pages.
A navigation menu is also provided at the bottom of each page. (future)
The main image supports navigation of next, previous, and index. Clicking on the title on the image is next, clicking on the location on the image is previous, and clicking on photographer on the image moves one to a subindex page.
The URL contains a parameter which contains p(number)p indicating the number of the page desired. For instance y.xml?p11p means go to page 11 in tour y. Setting this number 0, negative, or greater than the number of pages in tour y causes one to go to the subindex for tour y.
Access keys are also available for navigating where n is next, p is previous, and i is index. For instance on IE the combination (alt n enter) moves one to the next page where as on Firefox the combination (shift alt n) causes such a move.
For those browsers supporting meta level links as part of the browser menu such links are provided.
Search Support:
Full site specific searching is available using Google Search. The search button on the top menu of each page provides access to this search mechanism.
Full blog specific searching is available using Google Search. This search mechanism is provided on the front page of the Rosebay Blog which can be accessed using the blog button on the top menu of each page.
Full database specific searching is available for each database created using Zoho Creator. This search mechanism is provided on the front page of each such database.
Page View Support: (Future)
The URL contains a parameter which contains c(number)c indicating the number of the view desired. Currently 6 such views numbered 1 to 6 are supported. For instance try y.xml?p1pc2c to see how it affects the formatting of the main image.
Although most pages on this site are based on XML, the following online web tools are used to display web content: Microsoft Office Live, Google Blogger, Google Calendar, Google Notebook, Google Web Album, Google Map, Goolge Search, and Zoho Creator. In most instance these online tools are used in support of pages provided by the main menu appearing at the top of each page.
Prediction:
Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote the following in January 2007:
"2007 will be the first year in which almost every significant browser fully supports XSLT 1.0. It will finally become possible to publish real XML directly on the Web without prerendering it to HTML first. Although this won't be common practice by any stretch of the imagination, I predict that at least one major site (and quite a few minor ones) will begin doing this. I also predict that nobody will notice, because it will all just work."
American Rhododendron Society Massachusetts Chapter celebrates our 10th year on the web by being one of the very minor sites helping make the above prediction come true. It is imperative presentation becomes declarative.
On November 18, 2007, Your Gateway to Rhododendrons in New England officially opened as a fully functional 5000 page client side based XML/XSLT/CSS web site. By January 1, 2008, the site had grown to more than 6000 pages.
Thanks
Our Chapter thanks the following people:
Steve Henning for the feedback and input he has given on our new ARS Massachusetts sites.
Chris Klapwijk for the feedback on the calendar.
Werner Brack for supplying images of his trip to Australia.
Nick Yarmoshuk for supplying images of his garden in St. Catharines, Canada.
J.C. Birck for supplying images of Rhododendron gardening in Denmark.
Bruce Clyburn for supplying images of large leaf rhododendrons and garden ornaments.
Norman Beaudry for supplying images of rhododendrons being investigated by the Sandwich Club.
Werner Brack for supplying seed lists of the American Rhododendron Society.
Ron Rabideau for supplying an article by Elinor Clarke.
Bruce Clyburn for supplying an article on Radcliffe Pike.
