Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 - Manual (Page 416)

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You can perform the following template management tasks with the Assets panel:
• Create a template
• Edit and update templates
• Apply or remove a template from an existing document
Dreamweaver checks template syntax when you save a template but it’s a good idea to manually check the template
syntax while you’re editing a template.
See also
“Creating a Dreamweaver template” on page 395
“Check template syntax” on page 418
“Applying or removing a template from an existing document” on page 413
Open a template for editing
You can open a template file directly for editing, or you can open a template-based document, then open the attached
template for editing.
When you make a change to a template, Dreamweaver prompts you to update the documents based on the template.
Note: You can also manually update the documents for template changes if necessary.
See also
“Check template syntax” on page 418
Open and edit a template file
1 In the Assets panel (Window > Assets), select the Templates category on the left side of the panel .
The Assets panel lists all of the available templates for your site and displays a preview of the selected template.
2 In the list of available templates, do one of the following:
• Double-click the name of the template you want to edit.
• Select a template to edit, then click the Edit button at the bottom of the Assets panel.
3 Modify the contents of the template.
To modify the template’s page properties, select Modify > Page Properties. (Documents based on a template inherit
the template’s page properties.)
4 Save the template. Dreamweaver prompts you to update pages based on the template.
5 Click Update to update all documents based on the modified template; click Don’t Update if you don’t want to
update documents based on the modified template.
Dreamweaver displays a log indicating the files that were updated.
Open and modify the template attached to the current document
1 Open the template-based document in the Document window.
2 Do one of the following:
• Select Modify > Templates > Open Attached Template.
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