Chapter 2. Setting Up Dreamweaver MX

Some of the most exciting new features in Dreamweaver MX involve the ability to create dynamic pages that do away with much of the tedium involved in maintaining folders full of dozens of static pages that do exactly the same thing. In this chapter we’ll look at how to set up and begin using Dreamweaver’s dynamic data features (also known as server-side features) to create flexible pages that can display different information each time they’re accessed.

Two additional kinds of software you need to know about before you can take advantage of Dynamic Data are database applications and application servers. To find out more about database applications and application servers, and for help in determining whether ...

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