Backend Files

Thursday, September 20, 2001 by T-Man | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

Just curious at how many webmasters our there are interesting in WinCustomize backend files that will display news/featured skin/top10skins?

I've been working on creating backend files for other sites and was wondering if there is a general want for me to make these files public.

Also I was looking at the idea of creating a standard DTD for displaying skins. Any thoughts?
craeonics
Reply #1 Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:13 AM
Me! Me! I'm probably the only one interested in that stuff though. You could make an xml file with all the data. People using it would have to code up a parser to read it in, but that's not that hard.

What do you mean with "a standard DTD for displaying skins"? I should know that DTD term, but it has slipped my mind.
craeonics
Reply #2 Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:16 AM
Doh! Just found out. For those just as stupid as me, DTD (Document Type Declaration) is XML stff: http://www.w3schools.com/dtd/default.asp
craeonics
Reply #3 Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:25 AM
Perhaps for skins: title, author, section, page_url, description, popularity? (no download link)

T-Man
Reply #4 Thursday, September 20, 2001 12:38 PM
I think a download link should be included, just not required. I have a DTD in the works. I need to polish it up a bit before going public with it.

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