Recognizing template-based documents in code view – Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 User Manual
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Templates
Last updated 6/3/2015
Recognizing template-based documents in Design view
In a document based on a template (a template-based document), editable regions appear in the Design view of the
Document window surrounded by rectangular outlines in a preset highlight color. A small tab appears at the upper-left
corner of each region, showing the name of the region.
In addition to the editable-region outlines, the entire page is surrounded by a different-colored outline, with a tab in
the upper-right corner giving the name of the template that the document is based on. This highlighted rectangle
reminds you that the document is based on a template and that you can’t change content outside the editable regions.
Recognizing template-based documents in Code view
In Code view, editable regions of a document derived from a template appear in a different color than code in the non-
editable regions. You can make changes only to code in the editableregions or editable parameters but you cannot type
in locked regions.
Editable content is marked in HTML with the following Dreamweaver comments:
Everything between these comments is editable in a template-based document. The HTML source code for an editable
region might look like this: