About Dynamic Lists

Lists can take many forms. If you have spent much time in a word processor or a web page editor, then you are probably familiar with the two basic kinds: the bulleted list and the numbered list (see Adding Numbered and Bulleted Lists). On a Site Studio Web site, there are two more types of lists that you can work with: dynamic list and static lists. These offer more advanced editing capabilities in Contributor.

A dynamic list is a flexible and powerful feature in Site Studio Contributor. The list itself is created by the site designer and then turned over to you, the contributor, so that you can edit and manage the list.

The look-and-feel of the dynamic list varies, depending on how it was originally set up by the designer. It may be a simple bulleted list with links to different web pages, or it could be a list of links on the side of the web page, used by site visitors to navigate the Web site.

The dynamic list performs a search of the content server and displays the files that result from that search on a web page. The search is usually for contributor data files or native documents matching specific criteria (for example, all files stored in the "Products" section). On the web page, you (the contributor) or a site visitor sees a list of related files. These files can be different types of groupings, such as press releases, knowledge base articles, or FAQs.

Regardless of how the list was set up, you (the contributor) are responsible for adding items, removing items, and editing items in the list.