[CS4] can I make a 'template' htm page with snippets?

Question

I know about DW templates (well, more or less) and I know
about the
choice you get in Preferences to have your new htm(l) page in
DW come
up with the (x)html(strict or not so strict) doc type etc.
What I would like is:
I start a new page in DW(10?) from a praticular site defined
in DW and
lo and behold: my head is the way I want it, certain snippets
are
included et cetera.
Am I dreaming or is this possible?
Groet,
Adriana

Answer 1

> For any given site you might have multiple templates
I think this approach is counter-productive. If you need more
than one or
two templates for your site, then I believe you have not
selected the
optimal method for your templates. And more than about 50-60
pages
dependent on a single template is going to quickly become a
pain IF YOU HAVE
ONLY USED TEMPLATES.
I use the following scheme....
First, I mentally separate the page layout into three
sections:
1. Stuff that will not change for the life of the site (i.e.,
the basic
structural elements)
2. Stuff that *could* change from time to time (e.g.,
navigation elements,
burst advertisements, section-specific navigation, etc.)
3. Stuff that *will* change from one page to the next
Then I create a template containing all class1 elements. Next
I create
server-side include files containing all class 2 elements and
place them on
the template as needed. Note - some of the class 2 elements
may be
"section-specific elements", and their placement on the
template will be
subject to the next item. Finally, I insert editable regions
to cover the
class 3 items, INCLUDING the section-specific navigation.
This allows me to just cookie-cut the rest of the site. I
estimate that
even for fairly large sites, about 80% of my work goes into
planning and
creating this template file.
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"tweaked_eye" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> What you might be missing is that you create your
template and then create
> editable regions on the template. For any given site you
might have
> multiple templates that reference different style
sheets....Most important
> to my workflow is the stylesheet replication and the
master navigation. I
> can have a site with 100's of pages but if the
navigation changes I can
> update the various templates and it will update the
related pages. That
> was the intent of the template system.
>
> "A.Translator" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>>> The other thing I would love, this
"template" being linked to a
>>>> site so
>>>> every new page started from within this site
would have the data
>>>> already in it, cannot be achieved by using a
classic DW template, I
>>>> believe.
>>
>>> Sure it can - why not?
>>
>> I better go back to the manual!
>>
>> --
>> Groet,
>> Adriana
>>
>>
>
>