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Updating a Template
Update a Template and All the
Pages Based on the Template
Open the template you want to
update.
Make changes to the template,
using standard editing techniques.
Click the File menu, and then click
Save.
The Update Templates Files dialog
box opens, displaying all the page
files based on the templates.
Click Update to continue the
update process, or click Don't
Update to cancel the process.
If you clicked Update, the Update
Pages dialog box opens.
◆ Look In. Select Entire Site to
update all the documents that
use this template, or select
Files That Use to update pages
using a particular template.
◆ Templates and Library Items.
Select to update templates,
library items, or both.
◆ Show Log. Select to show a log
upon completion.
Click Start to update the files, if
necessary, and then click Close.

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If all you did with templates was to create new pages based on their
design, that would be very powerful. However, there's more to a tem-
plate than simply streamlining the creation of a simple Web page. The
power of a template is that when you change one template, you have
the option of changing all the associated pages. Now, that's what I'm
talking about. When you edit and save a template, Dreamweaver asks
you whether you want to automatically update the page files based on
that template. If you decide not to automatically update the page files,
you can manually change an individual page, all the pages that use a
template, or the entire site using the Update commands.
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Update Pages Based on a
Template Manually
Open the template-based Web
page you want to update.
Click the Modify menu, point to
Templates, and then click Update
Pages.
The Update Pages dialog box

opens.
Click the Look In list arrow, and
then click Files That Use or Entire
Site.
Select the Templates and Library
Items check boxes to update
templates and library items in the
template-based files.
Select the Show Log check box to
show a log upon completion.
Click Start to update the files, and
then click Close.
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Did You Know?
You can manually apply template
changes to a page based on the tem-
plate.
Open the Web page based on
the template, click the Modify menu,
point to Templates, and then click
Update Current Page.

You can find an editable region and
select it.
Click the Modify menu, point
to Templates, and then select the name
of the region you want to find and
select. Editable regions inside a
repeated region do not appear in the
menu.
Saving Time by Using Templates
Let's say that you've just created this huge Web site for your university
(I volunteered to oversee the one for my university, and it wasn't
pretty). Now, the project is completed, you unveil to the students and
staff, and what happens: Well in my case one of the deans decided
they didn't like the look of their section of the site, and another one
decided that the graphics for her section were wrong. Understand
everyone signed off on the design; however, things will happen. So,
now all eyes are on me… I have to get this site up and running in a
week, if we're to meet our deadlines for school enrollment. I looked
about the room, asked each department head to give me their changes
(in writing) by 5:00PM. The next day, when the faculty came in and
checked the site all the changes were implemented (some people still
weren't happy). How did I manage to change literally hundreds of Web
pages in a single night (it actually took 3.5 hours)? How did I manage
this great feat? Templates, my friend, templates.
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Attaching or
Detaching a

Template
Attach and Detach a Template
to a Page
Open the Web page you want to
apply the template to.
Click the Modify menu, point to
Templates, and then click Apply
Template To Page.
◆ To detac h a pa ge f rom t he
template, click the Modify
menu, point to Templates, and
then click Detach From
Template.
Select the template you want to
apply.
Click Select.
◆ You can also open the Assets
panel, click the Templates
category, select a template,
and then click the Apply button.
If the Inconsistent Region Names
dialog box opens, content on the
page cannot be automatically
assigned to a template region.
Select a destination for the
content. Select a region in the new
template or select Nowhere to
remove the content.
To move all unreso lv ed content to
the selected region, click Use For

All.
Click OK.
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If you didn’t create a new page based on a template, you can still
attach (apply) the template to the file later. When you apply a template
to a page file, Dreamweaver tries to match the existing content to a
region in the template. You can apply a template to a page using menu
commands from the Document window or from the Assets panel. If you
no longer want a page to be based on a template, you can detach the
page from the template. The page doesn’t lose any content, however,
changes made to the template will not be applied to the page after it is
detached.
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Importing XML into a
Template
Import XML into a Template
Click the File menu, point to

Import, and then click XML Into
Template.
Navigate to the drive and folder
location where you want to import
the XML file.
Select the XML file you want to
import.
Click Open.
Dreamweaver creates a new Web
page based on the template
specified in the XML file. The XML
data in the file is placed in the
editable region in the new Web
page.
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Dreamweaver provides an Import command for XML you can use to
create a new document based on the template specified in an XML file.
The command fills in the contents of each editable region in the new
document using data from the XML file. If Dreamweaver has problems
importing the data, the XML file might not have the right structure. To
correct the problem, use the Export command for XML to view the file
structure and then make the adjustments to the XML file you want to
import.
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Exporting Template
Data as XML
Export Template Data as XML
Open the template-based Web
page with the data you want to
export as XML.
Click the File menu, point to
Export, and then click Template
Data As XML.
Select the Notation option you
want.
◆ Use Standard Dreamweaver
XML Tags. Use this option if the
template contains repeating
regions or template
parameters.
◆ Use Editable Region Names As
XML Tags. Use this option if the
template doesn’t contain
repeating regions or template
parameters.
Click OK.
Navigate to the drive and folder
location where you want to export
the data as an XML file.
Type a name for the file, or use the
suggested name.
Click Save.

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If you have data in a template that you want to use in another program,
you can export the data as XML. The XML Export command creates an
XML file with the data contained in your template’s editable regions and
parameters. The exported XML file includes the name of the template
and editable regions for round trip purposes. You can also use the XML
Export command if you are having problems importing XML data into
Dreamweaver. You can export data as an XML file in order to view the
file structure and then make adjustments to the XML file you want to
import.
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