Macromedia Contribute and Dreamweaver MX templates interact smoothly
to allow easy updating of static web content. While templates
are a popular feature within the Dreamweaver MX community,
many developers prefer to assemble dynamic pages using server
include files.
In this tutorial, I show you how to get the best of both worlds:
You will build a site using server includes, while still allowing
your Contribute users to make sitewide updates to static content.
First I examine the difference between includes and Dreamweaver
templates. Then I show how you, as a developer, can configure
a Contribute site so it supports include pages. Finally, I explain
how Contribute users can make their edits to your site.
System requirements
To complete this tutorial you will need the following:
To get the most out of this tutorial, you should be familiar
with building basic ColdFusion pages, defining sites with Dreamweaver,
creating and editing simple images in Fireworks or the editor
of your choice, and defining and editing sites with Contribute.
If you haven't yet administered Contribute, you should first
read these two tutorials: "Getting
familiar with Contribute basics" by Matt Brown and "Options
for Contribute website administrators" by Donald S.
Booth.
Note: Although I've used ColdFusion MX as the
server model for this site, there's nothing to keep you from
building a similar site in another server model and following
these steps. For example, you could just as easily build a JavaServer
Pages site with the <jsp:include> tag or a PHP site with
the include() function.
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