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Using XML tag notations
Dreamweaver lets you export XML content using either of two tag notations:
editable region name tags or standard Dreamweaver XML tags. Choose the
notation that best suits how XML content is incorporated into your Web site.
The easiest way to see the differences between the two tag notations, if you
understand XML syntax, is to look at examples. The following XML code was
exported from a document based on a template named
newstemplate
. The
document contains one defined editable region, named
News_Story
(and a
default editable region,
doctitle
, which contains the document’s
title
tag).
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Editable region name tags use the names of your document’s editable regions as
XML tags. The content from each editable region is included as a
CDATA
section. In this example, the
doctitle
tag identifies the title of the document,
and the
News_Story
tag identifies the editable region.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<newstemplate template="/Templates/newstemplate.dwt">
<doctitle>
<![CDATA[<title>Today’s Headline Story</title>]]>
</doctitle>
<News_Story>
<![CDATA[<p>This is where the story goes.</p>]]>
</News_Story>
</newstemplate>
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Standard Dreamweaver XML tags use a tag named
item
. The
item
tag has a
name
attribute that gives the name of the editable region; the tag contains a
CDATA
section that in turn contains the contents of the editable region. In this example,
the
item
tag with
name="doctitle"
identifies the title of the document, and the
item
tag with
name="News_Story"
identifies the editable region.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<templateItems template="/Templates/newstemplate.dwt">
<item name="doctitle">
<![CDATA[<title>Today’s Headline Story</title>]]>
</item>
<item name="News_Story">
<![CDATA[<p>This is where the story goes.</p>]]>
</item>
</templateItems>
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