I’m moving this site from Dreamweaver to Freeway and this page is my current challenge. I use XML files for the information. Can anyone head me on a workable path that will use the same method? Thanks!
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You could do this with Prototype (JavaScript) although it’s more common to use JSON formatting rather than XML for that. Can you post the XML on Pastie or Gist so we can see its structure? (Obviously elide any details you don’t want to share with the whole world.) Is the XML something that changes, so it takes the form of a data source that you update from time to time, or is this just the way that DW creates this sort of page structure?
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On Mar 25, 2013, at 12:29 PM, Janice wrote:
I’m moving this site from Dreamweaver to Freeway and this page is my current challenge. I use XML files for the information. Can anyone head me on a workable path that will use the same method? Thanks!
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I pretty much learn as I go I will post the file when I figure out how! I keep the info in a Filemaker file and export the XML. I change it once a year with a few changes during the year. Yes, it’s a data source.
This is a link to one of the files. Is that what you suggest I put in Pastie? http://designingwomen.org/clay
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That works fine, too.
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On Mar 25, 2013, at 4:28 PM, Janice wrote:
I pretty much learn as I go I will post the file when I figure out how! I keep the info in a Filemaker file and export the XML. I change it once a year with a few changes during the year. Yes, it’s a data source.
This is a link to one of the files. Is that what you suggest I put in Pastie? http://designingwomen.org/clay
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So far, I’m leaving the master/detail page set up in DW and I tried using an iFrame in Freeway but the DW page contains links to members websites which open in the iFrame. That’s not good. Still hunting…
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If you want to do the very least, you can simply add target=“_blank” or target=“_top” to the links to make them escape the iframe. I actually did a bit of work on your example when you posted it – I was intrigued by the idea of parsing XML with JavaScript, and I had never done it before. I have an example working here, but I haven’t tried re-creating it in Freeway.
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On Mar 27, 2013, at 8:09 AM, Janice wrote:
So far, I’m leaving the master/detail page set up in DW and I tried using an iFrame in Freeway but the DW page contains links to members websites which open in the iFrame. That’s not good. Still hunting…
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Well, that looks great! I will try adding the target to the links. I’ve been trying to get the DW page to look right in the iFrame with minimal success. Thanks for trying that, Walt. It gives me hope!
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Assuming you still have the DW page loaded in DW, you can strip off the entire header etc from your template page, so the only thing left in the top-left corner of the page is the list and the detail area. The thing about iframes is that they are like cutting another browser window into your existing page. You can’t move the content within them on page load – it has to fit the box by default.
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On Mar 27, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Janice wrote:
Well, that looks great! I will try adding the target to the links. I’ve been trying to get the DW page to look right in the iFrame with minimal success. Thanks for trying that, Walt. It gives me hope!
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I tried the target _blank and it works just fine for me! Thanks so much for the suggestion, even though it’s “the least”! DW has frustrated me since I started using it but I will try your suggestion. You’re a great help, Walt! The page as it is now (and will be for a while!) designingwomen.org/members.html.
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That looks really good. You do need to go through your FMP database and sanitize the URLs to those images. Quite a few broken ones, either because the image is missing entirely, or because there’s a space in the filename or similar. Not sure how you are doing that on the FMP side, but the rest of the site looks nice.
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On Mar 27, 2013, at 10:58 AM, Janice wrote:
I tried the target _blank and it works just fine for me! Thanks so much for the suggestion, even though it’s “the least”! DW has frustrated me since I started using it but I will try your suggestion. You’re a great help, Walt! The page as it is now (and will be for a while!) designingwomen.org/members.html.
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Thanks, for looking at it. Yes, I (embarrassingly) know there are some spaces and missing photos. Like pulling teeth to get photos sometimes, though. I can substitute our logo until I get some. I’m so happy I finally found Freeway and this site.
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