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Dreamweaver UltraDev: Create a Dynamic Web Page

Once you've decided upon the server technology you will use, you've set up your server/network settings and you've connected to your database, you can then create a dynamic page.

Examples of dynamic content:
-Log-in page
-Search engine
-Shopping cart
-Registration page

Create A Log-in Page

1. Create a dynamic page. The page should have an .asp, .jsp or .cf extension, depending upon the server technology you're using..

2. Open the dynamic page and choose Insert...Form Objects...Text Field. Create two text fields--one should be for the username and the other for the password the user will type into the field to gain access to your Web site.

3. Next, label the text fields we just created: Select the username text field and type "username" in the text field area on the Property Inspector. Select the password text field and type "password" in the text field area on the Property Inspector as well.

4.Now choose Insert...Form Objects...Button again. Type "Login" in the Label field on the Property Inspector.

5. With the Login button selected, choose Window...Server Behaviors.

6. Click the + button on the Server Behaviors panel and choose User Authentication...Log in user..

7. Choose the DSN connection you created earlier (the database connection) from the Validate using connection field. After choosing your DSN, the tables in your database should appear.

8. Choose the Users table and then select the appropriate username and password columns.

9. Select the dynamic page you want to take your visitor to if login succeeds, as well as the page you'll take the user to if login fails. These pages should already be created and should include an .asp, .jsp or .cf extension.

We have created a log-in page that will take the visitor to the appropriate page, depending upon the username and password used to gain access to your Web site. Remember, the username and password your user will use must be the same username and password contained in your database in order for them to gain access to your site.

Source: This lesson was developed especially for YOU by Debbie Berg  :-)

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