Dreamweaver/Dreamweaver Create Data Driven Pages.txt
Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver: Create Data Driven Pages
Macromedia recently released its new version of the Dreamweaver tool, a
tool called Dreamweaver MX 2004. This tool helps to create pages that
essentially carry a lot of data and text with themselves and hence carry
various requirements before one can actually begin putting them into
shape.
Dreamweaver MX requires you to put some efforts for some bits and bobs as
these are to be in order and are to be set up for your environment. This
is different as compared to the earlier version.
Requirements for the Program:
Web Server:
Free web server software are available and they can also be easily
downloaded from internet. This free software should be run on your
computer for development. These software come for free and do not require
any additional installation cost or so.
Hence it can be easily run without spending a single penny
Web server is needed to create sites using Dreamweaver MX and other five
main technologies. These five technologies comprise of ASP, ASP.NET, JSP,
PHP and ColdFusion.
All of these system technologies require processing to be done on them
which can be doe only by using a web server. Hence a web server is a must
to have. This feature of Dreamweaver MX is the major differentiator from
other versions or similar functions available in market.
For a beginner, starting work with ASP can be the best as it s the most
commonly used technology. For ASP users, web server comes free along with
Windows. However, it needs to get installed. For NT users, Windows 2000
Pro or Windows XP Pro is the web server to be used. This can be installed
through a CD.
Database:
Database is nothing but bunch of information put together for your web
pages. It can be simple and can be a CSV file. It can also be complex and
can be a SQL file. All depends upon your requirement. For creating a
small database, one can simply use Microsoft Access.
Basic knowledge would be required in the given field. One can browse the
internet for this or can read lot of available books on the related
topics.
Systems Connection to Database:
A connection system needs to be put into place so as to connect the web
server with the created database on your personal computer or machine.
This will help you to define the location of database and apply simple
rules on how the server should connect to the given database.
You can lay rules for how the database should be treated.
Different methods of making connection are available. However, the most
commonly used of them are system DSN (Data Source Name). Using a latest
available version of the MDAC from Microsoft?s site can make things easy
for you.
Dreamweaver/Dreamweaver Create Data Driven Pages.txt
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