Adobe 38040334 User Guide - Page 572

DREAMWEAVER CS3 565 User Guide See also "About recordsets" on page 543 "Use predefined data formats" on page 578 Add dynamic text 1 In Design view, select text on the page, or click where you want to add dynamic text. 2 In the Bindings panel (Window > Bindings), select a content source from the list. If you select a recordset, specify the column you want in the recordset. The content source should contain plain text (ASCII text). Plain text includes HTML. If no content sources appear in the list, or if the available content sources don't meet your needs, click the Plus (+) button to define a new content source. 3 (Optional) Select a data format for the text. 4 Click Insert, or drag the content source onto the page. The dynamic content appears on the page if you're working in Design view with Live Data enabled (View > Live Data). If Live Data is disabled, a placeholder appears instead. (If you selected text on the page, the placeholder replaces the text selection.) The placeholder for recordset content uses the syntax {RecordsetName.ColumnName}, where Recordset is the name of the recordset and ColumnName is the name of the column you chose from the recordset. Sometimes, the length of the placeholders for dynamic text distorts the page's layout in the Document window. You can solve the problem by using empty curly braces as placeholders, as described in the next topic. Display placeholders for dynamic text 1 Select Edit > Preferences > Invisible Elements (Windows) or Dreamweaver > Preferences > Invisible Elements (Macintosh). 2 In the Show Dynamic Text As pop-up menu, select { }, and click OK. Make images dynamic You can make images on your page dynamic. For example, suppose you design a page to display items for sale at a charity auction. Each page would include descriptive text and a photo of one item. The page's general layout would remain the same for each item, but the photo (and descriptive text) could change. 1 With the page open in Design view (View > Design), place the insertion point where you want the image to appear on the page. 2 Select Insert > Image. The Select Image Source dialog box appears. 3 Click the Data Sources option (Windows) or the Data Source button (Macintosh). A list of content sources appears. 4 Select a content source from the list, and click OK. The content source should be a recordset that contains the paths to your image files. Depending on the file structure of your site, the paths can be absolute, document relative, or root relative. Note: Dreamweaver does not currently support binary images stored in a database. September 4, 2007