Chapter 11: Managing Templates - MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER MX 2004-USING DREAMWEAVER Use Manual

A Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 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.
Note: 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
on page 115.
The chapter contains the following sections:
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"About Dreamweaver templates" on page 216
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"Creating a Dreamweaver template" on page 226
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"Creating templates for a Contribute site" on page 229
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"Creating editable regions" on page 232
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"Creating repeating regions" on page 234
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"Using optional regions" on page 237
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"Defining editable tag attributes" on page 239
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"Creating a nested template" on page 241
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"Editing and updating templates" on page 242
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"Managing templates" on page 245
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"Exporting and importing template XML content" on page 246
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"Exporting a site without template markup" on page 247
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"Applying or removing a template from an existing document" on page 247
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"Editing content in a template-based document" on page 248
Managing Templates
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