Building a ColdFusion CMS with Dreamweaver and the MX Kollection in less than 50 minutes Bogdan Ripa InterAKT Online

InterAKT Online Dreamweaver extenders since 2001 Macromedia Alliance Partners Professional Web Tools Rapid Application Development Supporting multiple scripting languages

Agenda Dreamweaver MX Programming See the CMS working Building the CMS What is the MX Kollection Q&A

Dreamweaver MX programming Current Dreamweaver Development Text-only editing Server Behaviors No CFC support No error handling Generating redundant code

The CMS How will it look like

Building the CMS Back-end Manage Menu List of Menu Entries, form to manage them Manage Content List and Form (like for the Menu) Front-end Site Menu Content area

The Database Menu Table Content Table

Building the CMS Back-end Manage Menu Manage Content Front-end Site Menu Content area

Back-end Section - The Site Menu – Multiple Delete Record Order Record Filter Navigation

Back-end Section - The Site Menu – Insert, Update and Delete on one page Validation and Error Handling Insert as New feature

Building the CMS Back-end Manage Menu Manage Content Front-end Site Menu Content area

Back-end Section - The Site Content – Automatic Recordset Generation Advanced Filter

Back-end Section - The Site Content – KTML WYSIWYG Editor Calendar Widget

Building the CMS Back-end Manage Menu Manage Content Front-end Site Menu Content area

Front-end Section - The Site Menu – Nested Repeats to list the menu entries

Building the CMS Back-end Manage Menu Manage Content Front-end Site Menu Content area

Front-end Section - The Site Content – Classic Dreamweaver Approach Create a Recordset Drag and drop the title section Drag and drop the content section Apply a repeated region Add a navigation bar

The final Site

The MX Kollection Kollection of extensions meant to satisfy 80% of your needs MX Kollection Experienced developers gain productivity Designers become developers Minimize work & maximize results

Many needs, one solution Create powerful dynamic lists Build unified add/modify forms Create Recordsets visually HTML data bound controls

Benefits Rapid Application Development Powerful web tools Tested code The next level in Dreamweaver MX visual development Ease of use

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