Updating include/library item

Marshy75 · Marshy75

I seem to have hit a wall with Contribute whilst planning a new intranet - it
seems as though the same problem has been mentioned elsewhere on this forum,
and no-one has been able to supply a satisfactory solution.

On the intranet I have a news section. Each news story has its own page, with
a list of links to earlier news items below the main story text.

I would like Contribute users to be able to edit this list so that when they
add a new story, they can add a link to the previous story to the top of the
list, using a repeating region. Each time a new story is added, the list on
the new page is therefore one longer than on the previous story page.

I've tried every possible technique - SSIs, shared assets, and have drawn a
blank each time. Does anyone have a solution? It's proving to be a real
pain...

Murray *TMM* · Murray *TMM*

A repeating region is not working for you?

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"Marshy75" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I seem to have hit a wall with Contribute whilst planning a new intranet -
>it
> seems as though the same problem has been mentioned elsewhere on this
> forum,
> and no-one has been able to supply a satisfactory solution.
>
> On the intranet I have a news section. Each news story has its own page,
> with
> a list of links to earlier news items below the main story text.
>
> I would like Contribute users to be able to edit this list so that when
> they
> add a new story, they can add a link to the previous story to the top of
> the
> list, using a repeating region. Each time a new story is added, the list
> on
> the new page is therefore one longer than on the previous story page.
>
> I've tried every possible technique - SSIs, shared assets, and have drawn
> a
> blank each time. Does anyone have a solution? It's proving to be a real
> pain...
>

Marshy75 · Marshy75

yeah - can't get them to work in includes. the follwing will work as part of a
template that contains <html> and <body> tags etc, but the repeating
functionality fails to work whe these are removed (as I need to do if I want to
use it as an include).


<h2>Headline</h2>

<p>Snippet</p>

Murray *TMM* · Murray *TMM*

They will not work in includes. They cannot work in includes. Template
markup only makes sense when you are running and editing within DW.

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"Marshy75" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> yeah - can't get them to work in includes. the follwing will work as part
> of a
> template that contains <html> and <body> tags etc, but the repeating
> functionality fails to work whe these are removed (as I need to do if I
> want to
> use it as an include).
>
> 
> <h2>Headline</h2>
> 
> <p>Snippet</p>
> 
>

Marshy75 · Marshy75

ok - so if I wanted to update something like the 'TOP TECHNOLOGY STORIES NOW'
on the right hand side of these pages:

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4696613.stm[/url]
and
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4683751.stm[/url]

through contribute, I couldn't do it with a template?

Murray *TMM* · Murray *TMM*

Sure you could - just use a server-side include for it.

Go here - [url]http://www.practicalcomponents.com[/url], and browse around to the
various product pages. Each menu you see on those pages is from a
server-side include....

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"Marshy75" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> ok - so if I wanted to update something like the 'TOP TECHNOLOGY STORIES
> NOW'
> on the right hand side of these pages:
>
> [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4696613.stm[/url]
> and
> [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4683751.stm[/url]
>
> through contribute, I couldn't do it with a template?
>

Marshy75 · Marshy75

ok - but i couldn't make use of repeating regions within that include in order
to keep the fomatting uniform and give the editors the neat little interface
(addition, removal, reordering of list items) that contribute provides.

thanks for this help, btw.

Murray *TMM* · Murray *TMM*

> thanks for this help, btw.

You're welcome.

> ok - but i couldn't make use of repeating regions within that include in
> order
> to keep the fomatting uniform and give the editors the neat little
> interface
> (addition, removal, reordering of list items) that contribute provides.

That's correct. You would have to choose the preferred method - a repeating
editable region, or a server-side include.

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"Marshy75" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> ok - but i couldn't make use of repeating regions within that include in
> order
> to keep the fomatting uniform and give the editors the neat little
> interface
> (addition, removal, reordering of list items) that contribute provides.
>
> thanks for this help, btw.
>

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