HTML or XML depending on client.

[Adam David Moss]

All,

Suppose I have a widget A that I would like to embed in several websites B,
C, and D.

Sites B and C are happy with the widget the way I've styled it but site D
isn't and wants to restyle it themselves.

What would be the best way of doing this in ASP? My thoughts are that I
have an ASP page that determines in a query string has been provided (issued
to site D) and returns XML otherwise returns my formatted HTML.

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers,


Adam M.

 

[Old Pedant]

Why not just use XHTML???

It's formally correct as XML, so you can transform it with XSL. But it also
can be used directly, by browsers.

Difficulty: It can't be integrated into loose HTML pages, in general.

But other than that idea...your idea seems fine to me.

 

[Adam David Moss]

My page is actually XHTML. But how would any individual site transform that
to their own rendering? How would they pick out the data items?

Thanks

 

[Mike Brind [MVP]]

How are you styling it? Inline CSS? If so, don't.

 

[Adam David Moss]

Styling is done using the class attribute and an external style sheet
against the <div>'s.

Regards.