LampCMS open source XSLT based content management
The first open source CMS that uses browser based XSLT transformation
XSL transformation now defaults to server-side
Now the xsl transformation takes place on the server for not logged-in
users and on the browser for logged-in users. A fail-safe check has also
been added to test that user's browser is capable
of xsl transformation. This is done by sending a special cookie from
the javascript. This javascript is only added to the transformed HTML
document when XSL transformation is done on the browser.
So if the user receives this cookie it means the browser was able to
transform the XML document correctly.
The reason for this is to be absolutely sure that search engine bots will receive HTML version of the pages.
In the past the XSL transformation was done on the browser if the browser supplied a valid site cookie. The logic behind it was that search bots don't accept cookies, therefore it was safe to assume that if cookie is present, then we are dealing with a regular browser and therefore can send a page in XML format and have the browser perform the transformation. The experience has shown that while it worked really well for Yahoo search engine, the Google has not picked up most of our pages yet.
We'll see what will happend now.
The reason for this is to be absolutely sure that search engine bots will receive HTML version of the pages.
In the past the XSL transformation was done on the browser if the browser supplied a valid site cookie. The logic behind it was that search bots don't accept cookies, therefore it was safe to assume that if cookie is present, then we are dealing with a regular browser and therefore can send a page in XML format and have the browser perform the transformation. The experience has shown that while it worked really well for Yahoo search engine, the Google has not picked up most of our pages yet.
We'll see what will happend now.
