MisterMister

The only thing that comes to my mind are Library items, used in Dreamweaver MX.

Library items are fragments of HTML; that is, they are not a complete HTML document. They are a sequence of HTML that you can reuse in many documents on your site. Any information that appears on many pages in a site and may change from time to time is a candidate for library items, including the following:

• Navigation systems
• Contact information
• Telephone/pager/fax numbers
• E-mail addresses
• Street addresses
• Logos
• Copyright notices

I used Library items on my last web site, which had 100+ pages. I used them for the top and side nav menus, copyright info, and for various content blocks that would change from time to time.

Dreamweaver Library Items function on the same principle as Dreamweaver Templates, but they are used for sections of pages as opposed to entire pages. A master Library Item is created and then can be added to any number of pages. When an update is needed, the Library Item itself is updated and then changes are propagated to all instances of the Library Item throughout the site.

retired_paddza

You're getting closer to the idea c9 but you're still missing the main concept. Also, DW doesn't really solve building something in Photoshop.

This functionality exists in Illustrator exactly as described, it doesn't exist in Photoshop (at least in 7 and below). But, the more I think about it, I do believe it exists in ImageReady. I will try to see if it indeed uses a variable structure. Anyone else used this functionality before? I know Illustrator uses XML to build the object references and then can be refered based on variables from there... haven't had to do this in the last few years and back then, variables weren't a part of the software.

MisterMister

I'm not missing the point. And also I know the Dreamweaver idea doesn't involve Photoshop - it was merely an idea, a suggestion.

retired_paddza

C9 - Didn't say you were missing the point, I said you missed the concept.

Even if he wanted to use DreamWeaver, Libraries do the opposite of what he's talking about. Libraries take one set of information and iterate it across multiple places. What I'm describing, based on my interpretation of the question, is taking once iteration and using multiple setst of information on it. You're describing symbol/instance behavior, I'm describing variable content behavior.

Bobby - I checked the functionality of ImageReady, it does support variables, but it does not support using them from an external source from what I can tell. I'm sure you could achieve what you want using scripting, or another proprietary methodology. The variable structure in IR isn't very robust unfortunately. I don't know that this is true of the CS line of products though, I've heard that hey have a much more solid scripting engine, but I don't know that that is helpful if you don't have access to CS, and I couldn't guarantee that it would solve the problem.

Mattrick

This should help you.
http://www.nickhodge.com/mne.php?mcid=665

Unless you're on a PC of course :p

FR33K

Aww crap.. damn macs. Grr.

Neway is this kinda like a CSS but for an image?