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Using the XML tags of the tasks.xml file


Table of Contents

  1. Extending inherited Dreamweaver features
  2. Changing the Contribute Start page
  3. Adding custom new pages
  4. Extending the How Do I panel
  5. Extending the Contribute installer

Using the XML tags of the tasks.xml file

To add to or change the content of the How Do I panel, you must add or change XML tags in the Tasks.xml file. You use three tags to create the content of the Tasks.xml file:

  • The tasks tag groups the set of tasks being defined under an identifier.
  • The category tag groups related tasks under a heading, such as "Get Started".
  • The task tag specifies the name of a task, such as "Connect to a website", and is a link to the page that explains how to accomplish the task.

The following excerpt from the Tasks.xml file shows the relationship between these tags.

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<tasks id="tasks">
  <category name="Get started" id="0">
    <task name="Contribute tutorial" file="task2.htm" id="1"/>
    <task name="Connect to a website" file="task14.htm" id="2"/>
    <task name="Navigate to my web pages" file="task17.htm" id="3"/>
    <task name="Edit a page on my website" file="task18.htm" id="4"/>
    <task name="Become a website administrator" file="task19.htm" id="5"/>
  </category>
...
</tasks>

The following entries describe each of these tags in more detail: