How to create

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How to create use Dreamweaver Templates
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Creating a Dreamweaver Template

• A template is a common structure or layout of a
  web site that most of your web pages use.
• 25 pages no template making changes to 25
  pages.
• 25 pages template make the change once on the
  template and all the pages get updated
  automatically.

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Creating a Dreamweaver Template

• Step 1 Make a web page as usual with the basic
  structure of the site. This will be the layout
  for future pages so do not add any unique
  content (such as pictures text)Step 2 Once
  you have created the structure go to File and
  click on Save As Template, give a name to the
  template and click on Save.

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Creating a Dreamweaver Template

• Step 3 Notice the file name now ends with .dwt
  (stands for Dreamweaver template) . The template
  file is automatically saved under a folder called
  templates (You can create as many layouts as you
  need).Step 4 You will now need to make parts
  of the template editable. This is essentially a
  placeholder for unique content. This placeholder
  is known as an editable region.

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Creating a Dreamweaver Template
Step 6 To make an area editable you need your
cursor to be in that location, then go to
Insert gt Template Objects gt Editable Region.
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Using a Dreamweaver Template
Step 1 To use the template on a new page all
you need to do is Modify gt Template gt Apply
Template to page Step 2 A window will pop up
saying Choose editable region for orphaned
content, choose the editable region that you
want the content to go into click OK. You will
see that the template is in yellow cant be
changed. The only region that is editable is the
region you have specified in the template.
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Updating a Dreamweaver Template
Step 1 Any changes that you need to make in the
basic structure of the site, you need to do in
the Template. So go ahead and make the changes
and click on save. Step 2 If you have applied
the Template to any of your pages you will get a
window asking Update Templates used in the
following files? You must click on Update. If
you click on Don't Update, none of the pages
using the Template will get updated.
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Review ofDreamweaver Templates

• To Create
• - File gt Save As Template gt Save
• - Add editable region(s)
• To Use
• - Modify gt Template gt Apply Template to page
• Choose editable region for unique content
• To Update
• Open template file edit and save
• Choose Update on the pop-up menu