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1.8 KiB
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36 lines
1.8 KiB
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<bookinfo>
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<title>The Better Markup Language</title>
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<titleabbrev><abbrev>BML</abbrev></titleabbrev>
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<edition>BML Manual Version 1.0</edition>
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<abstract>
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<para>
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Anyone's who's ever put together a large website or done a lot of server-side
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programming will know how hard and annoying it is to keep a consistent look
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through a site, and how painful it is to go back and change something globally
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later, once their site is up. In addition, looking at <abbrev>HTML</abbrev>
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code is ugly and <abbrev>HTML</abbrev> editors don't always do what you want them to.
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</para>
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<para>
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<abbrev>BML</abbrev> was designed to address a lot of these problems.
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<abbrev>BML</abbrev> is a server-side markup language that lets you define your own
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<abbrev>BML</abbrev> blocks and use them as templates within your <abbrev>BML</abbrev> pages.
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Your templates don't even have to be static. Because <abbrev>BML</abbrev> pages are
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converted to <abbrev>HTML</abbrev> on the server when users request them, this also
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enables you to embed live code within your <abbrev>BML</abbrev> pages, just like a
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<abbrev>CGI</abbrev> script.
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</para>
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<para>
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A lot is possible using <abbrev>BML</abbrev>. Whether you want to make a full blown
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database driven website, enable a little dynamic content on your site, or just
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make things on your site easier to maintain, <abbrev>BML</abbrev> can really help out.
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</para>
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<para>
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The official website for <abbrev>BML</abbrev> is located at <ulink url="http://www.bradfitz.com/bml" />.
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</para>
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</abstract>
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&bml.copyright;
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&bml.legalnotice;
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</bookinfo>
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<title>The Better Markup Language</title>
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<titleabbrev><abbrev>BML</abbrev></titleabbrev>
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