Template Monster Offers XML Flash Templates 18th September 2007
With this new system, data is loaded not from the text format, as it used to be in the old dynamic Flash sites, but from the XML file.
TemplateMonster.com , a templates provider, today announced that it now offers a new set of XML Flash Site Templates, a new product category that provides a new approach to Flash Site maintenance.
The main distinguishing feature of this new product is that data is loaded not from the text format, as it used to be in the old dynamic Flash sites, but from the XML file. This new system has a number of additional features, that enable you to add an unlimited amount of read-more-type links as well as the ability to switch the menu items with automatic proper page switches following.
XML is a W3C recommended markup language that is in fact a set of general syntax rules. It is designed for storing structured data, instead of the existing database files, for exchange between programs and for developing more specific XML-based languages like XHTML. XML is a simplified SGML subset.
XML-based languages like RDF, RSS, MathML, XHTML, SVG are formally described by themselves which allows you to modify and check the documents in a programming way without knowing their semantics.
The advantage of XML is in providing compatibility for different processing systems in transferring data, and this compatibility extends to the Flash Templates end product, as well as many other advantages.
"We decided to start working with XML and to integrate this system into our Flash Templates because of XML's numerous advantages. For example, this format is clearly understandable for both human and computer; XML supports Unicode and it doesn't depend upon a platform. XML is widely used today, which means it will be gratefully accepted by our customers," says David Braun, CEO of TemplateMonster.
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