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CHAPTER 11
Managing Templates
A Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 template is a special type of document that you use to design a
“fixed” page layout; you can then create documents based on the template that inherit the
page layout of the template. As you design a template, you specify which areas of documents
based on that template users can edit.
“fixed” page layout; you can then create documents based on the template that inherit the
page layout of the template. As you design a template, you specify which areas of documents
based on that template users can edit.
The chapter contains the following sections:
About Dreamweaver templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
Creating a Dreamweaver template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Creating templates for a Contribute site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Creating editable regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Creating repeating regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Using optional regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Defining editable tag attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Creating a nested template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
Editing and updating templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Managing templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Exporting and importing template XML content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Exporting a site without template markup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332
Applying or removing a template from an existing document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332
Editing content in a template-based document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Creating a Dreamweaver template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Creating templates for a Contribute site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Creating editable regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Creating repeating regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Using optional regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Defining editable tag attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Creating a nested template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
Editing and updating templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Managing templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Exporting and importing template XML content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Exporting a site without template markup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332
Applying or removing a template from an existing document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332
Editing content in a template-based document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
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Templates enable you to control a large design area and reuse complete layouts. If you
want to reuse individual design elements, such as a site’s copyright information or a logo,
you can create library items. For more information, see
want to reuse individual design elements, such as a site’s copyright information or a logo,
you can create library items. For more information, see
.