Re: [xsl] Making an FAQ page from XML

[Kamal Bhatt <kbhatt@xxxxxxxxx>]

John Steel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (Borderline newbie alert!)
> Given this XML:
>
> <faqlist xmlns:OTAMate="urn:schemas.otamate.com">
> <faq>
>  <q>Question One?</q>
>  <a>Answer One</a>
> </faq>
> <faq>
>  <q>Question Two?</q>
>  <a>Answer Two.</a>
> </faq>
> <faq>
>  <q>Question Three?</q>
>  <a>Answer Three.</a>
> </faq>
> </faqlist>
>
> I'm trying to make a page with all the questions on the top half which 
> have links to the bottom half, like this:
> 1  Question 1
> 2  Question 2
> ...
>
> 1 Answer 1
> 2 Answer 2
>
> I can do either the questions alone or the answers alone but can't 
> figure how to split them this way. Heres as far as I got which just 
> does the questions:
>
> <xsl:template match='*|@*'>
>   <xsl:copy>
>   <xsl:apply-templates select='node()|@*'/>
>  </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match='faq'>
>  <tr>
>   <td valign='top' width='24' class="mText" style="font-size: 11px">
>    <xsl:value-of select="count(preceding-sibling::*) + 1"/>
>   </td>
>   <td class="mText" style="font-size: 11px">
>    <a href="#1">
>     <xsl:value-of select='q'/>
>    </a>
>   </td>
>  </tr>
> </xsl:template>
>
> How can I set up some kind of "toggle" to say parse again but just for 
> the 'a' nodes please? Thanks very much in advance.
You want to use modes.

You can have multiple matches if you use a mode. Eg:

<xsl:apply-templates select="faq" mode="question"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="faq" mode="answer"/>

...

<xsl:template match="faq" mode="question">
...Question processing...
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="faq" mode="answer">
...Answer processing...
</xsl:template

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Kamal Bhatt