> Being quite new to XSLT, I'm currently thinking I'll
> have to perform the following two steps separately:
>
> 1. transform the original xml containing
> <months></months> into xml using <month></month>
> elements
> 2. transform the xml from step 2 into html using the
> XSLT designed to work with <month></month> elements
>
> Is there any way to do both in one XSLT?

Yes, if you use the xx:node-set() extension function available with most
processors. The logic becomes:

<xsl:variable name="phase1out">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="/" mode="phase1"/>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="$phase1out" mode="phase2"/>
</xsl:template>

Mike Kay
Software AG


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