Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2014 v.13 - Manual (Page 520)

Creating a nested template
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About nested templates
Create a nested template
Prevent an editable region from passing through to a nested template
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About nested templates
A nested template is a template whose design and editable regions are based on another template. Nested templates are useful for controlling
content in pages of a site that share many design elements, but have a few variations between pages. For example, a base template might contain
broader design areas and be usable by many content contributors for a site, while a nested template might further define the editable regions in
pages for a specific section in a site.
Editable regions in a base template are passed through to the nested template, and remain editable in pages created from a nested template
unless new template regions are inserted in these regions.
Changes to a base template are automatically updated in templates based on the base template, and in all template-based documents that are
based on the main and nested templates.
In the following example, the template trioHome contains three editable regions, named Body, NavBar, and Footer:
To create a nested template, a new document based on the template was created and then saved as a template and named TrioNested. In the
nested template, two editable regions have been added in the editable region named Body.
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