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Expression web xml tutorial

This is an introduction to the very basics of using XML data in Expression web.

Please not this tutorial has been moved Click here to see it

To actually replicate this page, is not difficult.

XML is a structured language much like XHTML without any set tags: Example

<Regions>
<id>6</id>
<Region>North</Region>
<Team>1</Team>
<ContactName>Jill</ContactName>
<Address>The edge</Address>
<Address2>Old Road</Address2>
<Address3>Warrington</Address3>
<County>Cheshire</County>
<PostCode>CH10 5KJ</PostCode>
<Telephone>0101 254563</Telephone>
<Fax>01012 3654778</Fax>
<EMailAddress>Jackandjill@upthehill.com</EMailAddress>
</Regions>

The above is some sample XML data it is very much like (x)html in that you have opening and closing tags but these tags can be called what ever you want them to be called.

It is possible that you might want to type all this information by hand! However, this is not really required. Using Microsoft access with expression web does away with all the repetitive hand typing.

You can create a very simple or very complex access database (example of how to do this is included with the tutorial) which is then exported from access to expression web as an xml file. Simple. Then all you do it fiddle about with the displayed code until it is formatted in the way that you want it to be.

We have created an XML in Expression Web tutorial

How to insert XML data in Expression Web

The tutorial, shows you how to build a simple database, how to export the data as xml, we then discuss how to format the xml data and finally how to filter the xml to only show certain data.

Whilst the xml display results look very impressive, we are only actually scratching the surface with this very simple tutorial. It is possible to extend this so much more from just our simple database example. For instance, lets assume that we want a display icon for the north and south regions. We could use conditional formatting to display a graphic when the condition has been met.

How simple is xml?

Hopefully you can now start to see just how simple creating dynamic web sites can be. It is entirely possible to have a single xml file that drives the content of your web site. Alternatively, you can have multiple xml files.

Further more, it is very simple to display pictures with your xml data too but I will save that topic for another day.

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