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As previously said, the application built by following this tutorial does not involve any database (it is a "static" application). A server model technology is needed to be set though.
Before you start building the actual application, there are a few things that you should do:
Create a new site in Dreamweaver and make sure it is correctly configured (set the Local Info, Remote Info, and Testing Server just like for any other functional site of yours).
Note: Do not skip to set the server model - in order to provide graceful degradation for your web application, MX AJAX Toolbox needs a server technology. This way, even when JavaScript is disabled in the client’s browser, your photo albums gallery will still be available to visitors.
The supported server models are PHP ADODB (provided by PHAkt) and PHP MySQL.
Create a file in your Dreamweaver site root and name it index. This will be the main site page where the CSS layout will be designed and the AJAX panels inserted.
Note: The other needed files will be automatically generated in the site root when you create the AJAX panels.
Copy the \tutorials\Photo Gallery with Albums\photos and \tutorials\Photo Gallery with Albums\background folders from the .zip package in the local site root. The photos folder contains the photo albums (image folders) used in this tutorial, and the background folder contains two images that you will use as backgrounds for the site header and footer.
Note: For more information on configuring your site, please consult the Getting started help file. This can be found inside Dreamweaver's Help menu, InterAKT -> Getting Started.
Continue with the next topic to design the CSS layout for your site.