Learn about other deployment 

options

In this tutorial, you learned how to create an entire XSLT page to use as 

part of a client side transformation. But you can also use entire XSLT pages 

for server side transformations. When you use an entire XSLT page for a 

server side transformation, you build the page in exactly the same way. 

The more common approach to performing server side transformations, 

however, is to use XSLT fragments. An XSLT fragment is a piece of code, 

used by a separate document, that displays formatted XML data.

For a brief overview of entire XSLT pages and XSLT fragments, see 

 Learn 

about XSLT pages  on page 178

. For a more comprehensive overview of 

how entire XSLT pages and XSLT fragments work, see  About server side 

XSL transformations  in Using Dreamweaver (Help > Using 

Dreamweaver).

For tutorials and other resources that teach you about working with XSLT 

fragments, visit 

www.macromedia.com/go/dw_xsl

.

Following is the workflow for performing server side transformations with 

XSLT pages:

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Set up a Dreamweaver site. See Chapter 2,  Setting Up a Dreamweaver 

Site  in Using Dreamweaver.

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Choose a server technology and set up an application server. See 

 Setting up an application server  in Using Dreamweaver.

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Test the application server to make sure it is functioning correctly. For 

example, create a page that requires processing, and make sure that the 

application server processes the page. For a tutorial on how to do this, 

visit 

www.macromedia.com/go/dw_xsl

.

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Do one of the following:

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In your Dreamweaver site, create an XSLT fragment or an entire 

XSLT page. See  Creating XSLT pages  in Using Dreamweaver.

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Convert an existing HTML page to an entire XSLT page. See 

 Converting HTML pages to XSLT pages  in Using Dreamweaver.

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If you haven't already done so, attach an XML data source to the page. 

See  Attaching XML data sources  in Using Dreamweaver.

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Bind your XML data to the XSLT fragment or to the entire XSLT page. 

See  Displaying XML data in XSLT pages  in Using Dreamweaver.

194 Tutorial: Displaying XML Data