> Yes of course that is the way to do it - I used the version below
> just for debugging and to remove a further contingency by passing a
static
> string to the param rather than the var $render2web viz.
> 
> <xsl:with-param name="render2web" select="yes"/>
> 
> Either way - its still not giving me any joy, alas.

Remember if you mean to use a string you need to use:

<xsl:with-param name="render2web" select="'yes'"/>
                                          ^   ^

Notice the single quotes.  Without them you are telling the variable to
select the <yes> element - it's a common gotcha.

andrew

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