Web help

[Gerald McGarvey]

David,

I can help some with this. I've got CSS and XML experience,
and I've read a book on XSLT.

Gerald

At 09:31 AM 9/25/2005, David Wilson wrote:
>Sorry, I was not sufficiently detailed in my last message on this subject.
>
>I am in the process of constructing a web-based Atlas of Natural Numbers. 
>This project is partly motivated by love of the subject, and partly 
>motiviated by the need to acquire some demonstrable Web tech skills if i 
>ever hope to break back into the computer business.
>
>At the present time, I am using a Perl converter program to generate HTML 
>pages from an ad-hoc backend database.  I have installed a local Apache 
>web server that allows me to view my pages as a virtual site on my local 
>machine.  But as the amount of data has grown, the Perl converter is 
>starting to bog down, and I realize the need for a more standard database 
>such as SQL or XML (I prefer the latter).
>
>I am, however, running into technical snags.  I have not been able to 
>successfully use a CSS style sheet to view XML documents, and I don't know 
>what the problem is, so I am stopped.  And it may be that I need something 
>more powerful than CSS to get what I want, such as XSLT or PHP, but I'm 
>not a web design geek (yet).
>
>So I would like to get in touch with someone who is web design savvy.  I 
>know that a few people in math-fun and seqfan have impressive sites, like 
>Ed Pegg.  I promise to (try) not to be a pain to whomever takes me up on this.
>
>Thanks.
>
>- Dave Wilson