Form with variable length pages

Hi,
I have a form which has categories of data - some categories require many fields and some require only a handful of fields. I want to put each category on a single page. My Master Page has a graphic which serves as a background for all of the pages.
Is there a way through Designer ES or JavaScript to vary the length of each page? Or, could I somehow assign the background graphic image to a variable so that if I have a different Master Page assigned to each category's page, the image can be stored once and somehow referenced by each page. (I want to avoid creating multiple copies of the image that are of varying lengths - this will take the file length unwieldly.)
Thanks,
Jeff

I think the table would handle the layout and repetition of rows. But if some of the input fields are text input and some are checkboxes or another type, how would I get the right type of input on each row? Do you have an example where the backing bean dynamically builds components, that I could look at? Thanks.

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