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From: Dave Brondsema <dave@brondsema.net>
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Quoting Ross Gardler <rgardler@apache.org>:

> 
> 
> Clay Leeds wrote:
> > On Feb 11, 2004, at 9:29 AM, Ross Gardler wrote:
> > 
> >> So, I'm thinking that perhaps we should have sub-sites. In this 
> >> instance each course would have its own site.xml (site_A.xml, 
> >> site_B.xml etc.) then site.xml brings together then necessary sub-site 
> >> files:
> >>
> >> <site>
> >>   <import site="site_A.xml">
> >>   <import site="site_B.xml">
> >> </site>
> > 
> > 
> > I would think that Forrest's TAB system would suffice to accomplish this 
> > type of task (the building of sub-sites), and would create one tab for 
> > each sub-site.
> 
> I already extended the tab system to have two layers of tabs, now I am 
> outgrowing that. But the main thing is that I need to provide different 
> courses for different institutions. I teach at three different places. 
> Not all of them have the same courses, so I really need different sites.
> 

That sounds really big.  Do they all need to be integrated?  I would suggest
making each course it's own site and have one master site that consists mainly
of external links to all the seperate course sites.

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