CSS & .xml

kaimera

Hey,

I'm doing some small xml stuff atm and I'm trying to create a simple css file to output the data.

But I'm having trouble accessing some of the attributes in the xml file and I'm not sure if I can or if it's just a case of not using the right syntax.


xml looks like so:

<dvd year="" runtime="" rating="">
    <title></title>
    <film>
        <genrelist>    
            <genre name=""/>
        </genrelist>
        <creators>
            <director>
                <firstname></firstname>
                <surname></surname>
            </director>
        </creators>
        <cast>
            <castmember role="">
                <firstname></firstname>
                <surname></surname>
        </cast>
    </film>
</dvd>

All I can output with the css is the title, director name and the actor name.

What I'd like to output is all the dvd details [year, rating, castmember role etc]

css looks like thus

dvd
{
width: 100%;
}
title
{
display:block;
color:red;
font-size: 20pt;
}
creators
{
display:block;
color:blue;
font-size: 15pt;
margin-left: 5pt;
}
castmember
{
display: block;
color: purple;
margin-left: 10pt;
font-size: 10pt;
}

Any examples on the web don't seem to have embedded attributes and I can't figure wtf is up.

I've tried adding castmember role and director to the css file but it doesn't seem to make a difference.

Any help is much appreciated.

Ph3n0m

how are you outputting the xml? you parsing via php or doing something else?

kaimera

Just with the css. No php or anything else.

Like I said, it's nothing complex, just playing around really.

Ph3n0m

ah yes - well unfortunately I have never dealt with an xml document so mixed like that - you have a combination of elements and attributes there

kaimera

Instead of using a css file to output the data, using an xsl stylesheet instead has been recommended.

I'm trying to pick up xslt now.