Creating the search page
A search page on the web typically contains form fields in which the user enters search parameters. When the user clicks the form’s Search button, the search parameters are sent to a results page on the server. The results page on the server, not the search page on the browser, is responsible for retrieving records from the database.

To get started on this part of your web application, create two pages: a search page that lets users enter the search parameters, and a results page to display the records found. You can even combine the two pages into one. At minimum, your search page must have an HTML form with a Submit button.

To add an HTML

 Setup checklist for ASP developers
To set up a web application, you must configure your system, define a Dreamweaver site, and connect to a database. This section provides checklists for each task. The procedures are described in the rest of the chapter.

Configure your system:
Make sure you have a web server.
Install an application server.
Test your installation.
Create a root folder.
Define a Dreamweaver site:
Copy the sample files to a folder on your hard disk.
Define the folder as a Dreamweaver local folder.
Define a web server folder as a Dreamweaver remote folder.
Specify a folder to process dynamic pages.
Upload the sample files to the web server.
Connect to the database (local configuration):
Create the connection in Dreamweaver.
Connect to the database (remote server configuration):
Set up the sample database on the computer running your web server.
Create the connection in Dreamweaver.
Showing and hiding site map files
You can modify the layout of the site map to show or hide hidden and dependent files. This is useful when you want to emphasize key topics or content and de-emphasize less important material.

To hide a file using the site map, you must mark the file as hidden. When you hide a file, its links are also hidden. When you display a file marked as hidden, the icon and its links are visible in the site map, but the names appear in italics.