Applying a new template to entire site?

Is there an easy way to apply a new template to the entire
site? I created a new template and I can open each page
individually and click MODIFY/TEMPLATES/APPLY TEMPLATE TO PAGE but
there has to be an easier way to apply the new template to the
entire site without having to open every single page in the
site.

That would be true ONLY on pages that are already child pages
of templates.
Try it on a page that is not a child page, but that has
existing content.
This is what the OP was asking.
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> As long as you don't change the title of each editable
region, it should
> know
> exactly where to put everything. When I changed
templates on individual
> pages
> it worked flawlessly, I don't see why doing a batch
process would
> introduce any
> new issues as you suggest.
>
> Mandy
>
> Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
> > MODIFY/TEMPLATES/APPLY TEMPLATE TO SITE
>
> I don't see how it could be done. Imagine a template
with 3 or more
> editable regions. How would it know where to put which
content.
>
> Just for fun, take a page with existing content and
apply a template with
> a
> single editable region to it. How'd it work?
>
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> "TheTechChik" <[email protected]> wrote
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> > Thanks Alan!
> >
> > I too like Raizel have had things go haywire when I
tried something
> > similar in
> > the past but I'm sure I just selected to update
pages at the wrong time
> > and/or
> > didn't update them when I should have.
> >
> > You would thing there would be a tool/feature in DW
to do this easily
> > like
>
> > MODIFY/TEMPLATES/APPLY TEMPLATE TO SITE. Hint Hint
Adobe ;-)
> > Changing
> > file
> > names and determining when to update and when not
to can be dangerous
> > for
> > many.
> >
> > Mandy
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>

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> What I'd really like to be able to do is to define this
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> Hi,
>
> I'm using DW8.02 to manage several sites.
>
> While each site does have its own 'local' template in
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> directory,
> I want to implement the idea of a 'master' template that
applies to ALL
> sites.
> This master template will contain stuff common to ALL my
sites, and each
> individual site's template will be nested within this
master template.
>
> What I'd really like to be able to do is to define this
'master' template
> once
> only (in one of my sites) and have it update ALL sites
(not just the one
> I've
> defined it in) when I change it. I can't find a way of
doing this -- does
> anyone know how to, please? The problem I seem to be
having is that DW
> seems
> to treat different sites completely separately, and that
there seems to be
> no
> notion of considering other sites during template
updates.
>
> (I know I could have a duplicate copy of the 'master'
template for EACH
> site,
> but then I would have to update it in several places
whenever there are
> changes!)
>
> Many thanks in advance, and I hope someone has an idea
about how to do
> this!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Nick
>

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