Summary
The PAPI support for creating custom placeholder controls gives developers some powerful tools for tailoring websites to meet the demanding requirements of today’s users. In this chapter, we covered five commonly requested placeholder controls:
The date-time picker placeholder control. . This provides authors with a calendar control, preventing invalid dates from being saved.
A placeholder control that accepts multiple attachments. . This allows template designers to specify the maximum number of attachments allowed in a control.
The Image rotator placeholder control. . This swaps images on each load and even displays Macromedia Flash files. It can be extended to show content from other file types.
A placeholder control to store all kinds of HTML tags. . This empowers authors to manage content that contains otherwise illegal HTML tags such as buttons with JavaScript.
A DataGrid placeholder control. . This eases the...
