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Templates
Last updated 6/3/2015
Using optional regions in templates
Note: The user interface has been simplified in Dreamweaver CC and later. As a result, you may not find some of the
options described in this article in Dreamweaver CC and later. For more information, see
this article .
About template optional regions
An optional region is a region in a template that users can set to show or to hide in a template-based document. Use an
optional region when you want to set conditions for displaying content in a document.
When you insert an optional region, you can either set specific values for a template parameter or define conditional
statements (If...else statements) for template regions. Use simple true/false operations, or define more complex
conditional statements and expressions. You can later modify the optional region if necessary. Based on the conditions
you define, template users can edit the parameters in template-based documents they create and control whether the
optional region is displayed.
You can link multiple optional regions to a named parameter. In the template-based document, both regions will show
or hide as a unit. For example, you can show a “closeout” image and sales price text area for a sale item.
Insert an optional region
Use an optional region to control content that may or may not be displayed in a template-based document. There are
two types of optional regions:
• Non-editable optional regions, which enable template users to show and hide specially marked regions without
enabling them to edit the content.
The template tab of an optional region is preceded by the word if. Based on the condition set in the template, a
template user can define whether the region is viewable in pages they create.
• Editable optional regions, which enable template users to set whether the region shows or hides, and enable users to
edit content in the region.
For example, if the optional region includes an image or text, the template user can set whether the content is
displayed, as well as make edits to the content if desired. An editable region is controlled by a conditional statement.
Insert a non-editable optional region
1 In the Document window, select the element you want to set as an optional region.
2 Do one of the following:
• Select Insert > Template Objects > Optional Region.
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the selected content, then select Templates > New Optional
Region.
• In the Common category of the Insert panel, click the Templates button, then select Optional Region from the
pop-up menu.
3 Enter a name for the optional region, click the Advanced tab if you want to set values for the optional region, and
then click OK.
Insert an editable optional region
1 In the Document window, place the insertion point where you want to insert the optional region.