Dynamic Text Tutorial

Report · Nov 09, 2008

I want to use the Dynamic Text function in Dreamweaver; the idea being to use a Word doc to generate the ever-changing announcements. Does anyone know of either a video or book tutorial that will walk me through this step by step. I would prefer C#.net but at this point anything goes.

Report · Nov 10, 2008

Sorry, but in short... You can't get there from here. You can't update a
web site "dynamically" from a word doc.

You "could" have a Word doc that you save out as an HTML doc and upload it
under the same name each time to apply the updates, but... Ewww! Word HTML
docs are just soooo wrong on so many levels. To truly have a dynamically
updated site you are going to go with a dynamic server language such as CF
or PHP. Again, C# isn't an realistic option on the web.

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"bnther" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:gf7agf$65d$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I want to use the Dynamic Text function in Dreamweaver; the idea being to
>use a
> Word doc to generate the ever-changing announcements. Does anyone know of
> either a video or book tutorial that will walk me through this step by
> step. I
> would prefer C#.net but at this point anything goes.
>

Report · Nov 11, 2008

Lawrence *Adobe Community Expert* wrote:
> Sorry, but in short... You can't get there from here. You can't update
> a web site "dynamically" from a word doc.
>
> You "could" have a Word doc that you save out as an HTML doc and upload
> it under the same name each time to apply the updates, but... Ewww!
> Word HTML docs are just soooo wrong on so many levels. To truly have a
> dynamically updated site you are going to go with a dynamic server
> language such as CF or PHP. Again, C# isn't an realistic option on the web.

He could create an XML file with the relevant fields and dynamically
pull that into a CF, PHP or ASP/.NET page.

If its just one announcement he could even create a plain text file and
use the file system object to pull the data in.

Dooza

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