RE: [ANN] Tutorial: Searching Flickr with XForms

Erik,

Excellent! Thanks.

So we now have fP, Mozilla and OPS working in one form or another. What I'll
do when I get time is retro fit the comments from you and Allan to see if I
can make the tutorial deliver one form that works in all. (If any other
implementers want to post some comments too, then let me know.)

Regards,

Mark

PS What did you mean about converting from HTML to XHTML? It already was, so
I'm assuming I'm missing something.

PPS You got heaps of bonus points for doing this, but you lose some of them
for using tables ;)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-forms-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:www-forms-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Erik Bruchez
> Sent: 20 February 2006 14:42
> To: www-forms@w3.org
> Subject: Re: [ANN] Tutorial: Searching Flickr with XForms
> 
> 
> Mark & all,
> 
> Great example! It is now slightly modified for the OPS XForms 
> engine, and running online (no install required, it's 
> Ajax-based, and works with IE and Mozilla/Firefox):
> 
>    http://www.orbeon.com/ops/goto-example/xforms-flickr-resize
> 
> Besides converting from HTML to XHTML, we had to make these changes:
> 
> o Updated XPath expression to use XPath 2.0 if() (if only the XForms
>    Working Group had *not* named its function "if").
> 
> o OPS does not as of yet support the xforms\:something notation in
>    CSS, but uses classes of the form .xforms-something.
> 
> Minor changes, mainly for usability / appearance:
> 
> o Put default "flower" value as tags.
> 
> o Set minimum slider value to 10 instead of 1.
> 
> o More explicit labels, some descriptive text, and updates to layout
>    and style.
> 
> o Submission can be done also by pressing "enter" in the input field
>    (DOMActivate runs xforms:send).
> 
> o Added xforms:output to display the current value of the slider, as
>    the OPS slider does not show the numerical value.
> 
> o Put hidden <span> in repeat so that IE flows the images correctly.
> 
> The resulting source code is here:
> 
>    
> http://www.orbeon.com/ops/goto-source/xforms-flickr-resize/view.xhtml
> 
> Enjoy,
> 
> -Erik
> 
> PS : Note that I am not sure about the license of the initial source
> code: we just followed the tutorial and made changes. For now 
> I put a note saying that the code was written following your 
> tutorial, but let me know, Mark, what's the proper way of 
> giving credit.
> 
> Mark Birbeck wrote:
>  > Hi everyone,
>  >
>  > The "Introduction to XForms" tutorial that I posted a 
> short while ago has  > been extended to include a 'how to' on 
> searching Flickr. The resulting  > application shows how 
> complex tasks can easily be performed with XForms  > mark-up. 
> If you want to see a video of the application in action, you 
> can go  > here:
>  >
>  >   <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcNN9u4Z_Yw>
>  >
>  > Highlights of the application include:
>  >
>  >   * animated display when the search results
>  >     are returned, using only CSS rules;
>  >
>  >   * a range control that controls the size of
>  >     the images returned. The images resize
>  >     immediately thanks to the use of
>  >     @incremental;
>  >
>  >   * tying of switch and case to submissions events
>  >     so that the form has different sections for
>  >     'in progress' and 'complete'.
>  >
>  > Some background on why we chose Flickr is here:
>  >
>  >   <http://skimstone.x-port.net/index.php?q=node/90>
>  >
>  > The tutorial itself is here:
>  >
>  >   <http://skimstone.x-port.net/index.php?q=node/89>
>  >
>  > Regards,
>  >
>  > Mark
>  >
>  >
>  > Mark Birbeck
>  > CEO
>  > x-port.net Ltd.
>  >
>  > e: Mark.Birbeck@x-port.net
>  > t: +44 (0) 20 7689 9232
>  > b: http://internet-apps.blogspot.com/
>  > w: http://www.formsPlayer.com/
>  >
>  > Download our XForms processor from
>  > http://www.formsPlayer.com/
>  >
>  >
>  >
> 
> 
> 
>

Received on Monday, 20 February 2006 15:03:04 UTC