Hi there,

I'm very new to web design and this forum. Looks like this forum is a good place to start! I need some advice/info with regards to list box's in dreamweaver...

 

basically i need to have about 20 options. when each option is selected the related info and picture will apprear at the side of the list.

 

 

I have no idea where to start, or if this is a good way of going about it?

any help and advice would be greatly appreciated

Hi, Welcome to the forum.

 

I would start off by dropping the design view of Dreamweaver and switching to code view.

 

Start off at places like HTMLDog, Tizag and W3Schools for great tutorials on html/css - it will put you in really good stead for the future

 

To answer your question; you will need some kind of AJAX to change the DIV Content without a refresh...

 

I am not sure of a good solution to your problem because I am not really an AJAX person - but at the very least you will need some Javascript.

 

Good luck

In order for the page to be more dynamic you will have to use a language like PHP or Javascript to swap the content.

 

Personally I would use PHP as I am rubbish at Javascript.

 

If you have never used anything like PHP before it will take a bit of learning before you can get the desired results. Essentially you will need to make an array of all the relevant pictures, and call from that array based on the information supplied by the user in the drop-down box.

 

You will need to research arrays and variables, if/else statements and using the $_GET array.

 

It's a bit much for me to cover here, but if you decide to go down the PHP route I'm happy to help out as you go.

many thanks for getting back to me. I had an idea that php was going to be mentioned, although i know nothing about it! will get cracking with some tutorials etc and get back to you in the next few weeks.

thanks again