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Chapter 11:  Managing Templates

Editing and updating templates

When you make changes to and save a template, Dreamweaver automatically updates all 
documents attached to the template. You can also manually update documents based on a 
template, if necessary. 

Dreamweaver automatically checks template syntax when you save a template. You might also 
want to check template syntax when you edit a template.

Opening 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. 

To open and edit a template file:

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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.

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In the list of available templates, do one of the following:

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Double-click the name of the template you want to edit.

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Select a template to edit, then click the Edit button at the bottom of the Assets panel. 

The template opens in the Document window.

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Modify the content of the template as desired. 

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To edit a template for a Contribute site, you must use Dreamweaver; you cannot edit 
templates in Contribute. 

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For information about editing template-based documents, see 

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You can also manually update the documents for template changes if necessary (see 

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To modify the template’s page properties, select Modify > Page Properties. 
(Documents based on a template inherit the template’s page properties.)