WorldTree Software

Overview

ModPro provides the ability to create web pages using modular programming principles. Modular programming makes programs easier to read, write, debug, and maintain by dividing them into managable pieces. Using ModPro you can divide your web site into reusable modules that make it easier to maintain and provide a consistent look and feel.

ModPro is much more than another HTML preprocessor that merely allows you to include files and define macros. Modular Programming Markup Language (MPML), the language used by ModPro, is a very simple XML based scripting language, like HTML or XSL. At the most basic level MPML provides support for modules that can be defined and referenced from anywhere. It also provides an inclusion mechanism to insert the contents of one file into another file. This allows you to define module libraries and templates and use them in multiple files.

At a more advanced level MPML provides support for creating custom modules in XSL that are used to implement some custom functionality. A collection of custom modules is called a custom module package, or ModPack. ModPro comes with a built in ModPack that defines some nice page layout modules.

Reference Manual

To learn more about ModPro read the ModPro Reference Manual online, or download ModPro and read the reference included in the package in the "docs" directory.

Requirements

ModPro will run on any platform that supports Java Standard Edition. You need version 5 or later to run this app.

Installation

To install unzip the file to your hard drive. See the reference manual for more information on installing and using ModPro.