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If you are starting with an existing XSLT page, or if you don’t attach an XML data source when creating a new XSLT page with Dreamweaver, you
must attach an XML data source using the Bindings panel.
1. In the Bindings panel (Window > Bindings), click the XML link.
Note: You can also click the Source link at the upper-right corner of the Bindings panel to add an XML data source.
2. Do one of the following:
Select Attach A Local File, click the Browse button, browse to a local XML file on your computer, and click OK.
Select Attach A Remote File, and enter the URL of an XML file on the Internet (such as one coming from an RSS feed).
3. Click OK to close the Locate XML Source dialog box.
The Bindings panel is populated with the schema of your XML data source.
Display XML data in XSLT pages
After you’ve created an XSLT page and attached an XML data source, you can bind data to the page. To do this, you add an XML data
placeholder to your page and then use the XPath Expression Builder or the Property inspector to format selected data that will be displayed on the
page.
1. Open an XSLT page with an attached XML data source.
2. (Optional) Select Insert > Table to add a table to the page. A table helps you organize your XML data.
Note: In most cases, you use the Repeating Region XSLT object to display repeating XML elements on a page. In this case,
you might want to create a single-row table with one or more columns, or a two-row table if you want to include a table
header.
3. In the Bindings panel, select an XML element and drag it to the place on the page where you want to insert data.
An XML data placeholder appears on the page. The placeholder is highlighted and in curly brackets. It uses the XPath (XML
Path language) syntax to describe the hierarchical structure of the XML schema. For example, if you drag the child element
title to the page, and that element has the parent elements rss, channel, and item, then the syntax for the dynamic content
placeholder will be {rss/channel/item/title}.
Double-click the XML data placeholder on the page to open the XPath Expression Builder. The XPath Expression Builder lets
you format selected data, or select other items from the XML schema.
4. (Optional) Apply styles to your XML data by selecting an XML data placeholder and applying styles to it like any other piece of
content using the Property inspector or the CSS Styles panel. Alternatively, you can use Design-time style sheets to apply
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