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11 Save the new document (File > Save). If you haven’t added editable regions to the template yet, a dialog box
appears telling you that there are no editable regions in the document. Click OK to close the dialog box.
12 In the Save As Template dialog box, select a site in which to save the template, and add a description for the
template in the Description box.
13 In the File Name box, type a name for the new template. You do not need to append a file extension to the name
of the template. When you click Save, the .dwt extension is appended to the new template, which is saved in the
Templates folder of your site.
Avoid using spaces and special characters in file and folder names and do not begin a filename with a numeral. In
particular, do not use special characters (such as é, ç, or ¥) or punctuation (such as colons, slashes, or periods) in the
names of files you intend to put on a remote server; many servers change these characters during upload, which will
cause any links to the files to break.
See also
“About the XHTML code generated by Dreamweaver” on page 302
“Laying out pages with CSS” on page 145
“Creating and managing templates” on page 387
“Setting up a Dreamweaver site” on page 40
“Set default document type and encoding” on page 74
Create a page based on an existing template
You can select, preview, and create a new document from an existing template. You can either use the New Document
dialog box to select a template from any of your Dreamweaver-defined sites or use the Assets panel to create a new
document from an existing template.
See also
“Creating and managing templates” on page 387
“Setting up a Dreamweaver site” on page 40
“Set default document type and encoding” on page 74
Create a document based on a template
1 Select File > New.
2 In the New Document dialog box, select the Page From Template category.
3 In the Site column, select the Dreamweaver site that contains the template you want use, and then select a template
from the list on the right.
4 Deselect Update Page When Template Changes if you don’t want to update this page each time you make changes
to the template on which this page is based.
5 Click Preferences if you want to set default document preferences, such as a document type, encoding, and a file
extension.
6 Click Get More Content if you want to open Dreamweaver Exchange where you can download more page design
content.
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