CS4 DW Mac Templates FAIL to update child pages

I duplicated a site, cleaned the cache. I moved the
duplicated site to a new
server. Uploaded all the files. I had one nested template
which failed to
update its child pages, so I detached it from the enclosing
template.
The child pages still have the link to the template

But when I update the template, the child pages are not seen
as connected
and do not update. I'm at a loss here....
Never seen this behavior in CS3.
Jeff
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Web Design and Marketing
http://www.PetersonSales.com

Lets see the code on the offending template, please.
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>I duplicated a site, cleaned the cache. I moved the
duplicated site to a
>new
> server. Uploaded all the files. I had one nested
template which failed to
> update its child pages, so I detached it from the
enclosing template.
>
> The child pages still have the link to the template
> 
>
> But when I update the template, the child pages are not
seen as connected
> and do not update. I'm at a loss here....
> Never seen this behavior in CS3.
>
>
> Jeff
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jefferis Peterson, Pres.
> Web Design and Marketing
>
http://www.PetersonSales.com
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>

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Template do not update child pages

I really do not understand why this happens to me all the time.
I had this problem when I was using windows/pc with previous version of dreamweaver many years ago.
I had the same one, now that I am using mac and dreamweaver cs4.
In the past, I created a template, with one editable region. Based on this template, I created many pages.
For some time, everything worked ok, every change in editable region of template forced all child pages to reflect to this change too.
Now, this do not happen anymore(once again as I said).
I cannot understand why this happens. 118 files examined, 0 files updated. Why? What am I doing wrong? Is this a bug in dreamweaver that lasts for years?
I 've done nothing to detach the pages from template, ever. Why it stoped the updating of child file?
Can anybody please help me?

giugiugiugiugiugiugi wrote:
I really do not understand why this happens to me all the time.
I had this problem when I was using windows/pc with previous version of dreamweaver many years ago.
I had the same one, now that I am using mac and dreamweaver cs4.
In the past, I created a template, with one editable region. Based on this template, I created many pages.
For some time, everything worked ok, every change in editable region of template forced all child pages to reflect to this change too.
Now, this do not happen anymore(once again as I said).
I cannot understand why this happens. 118 files examined, 0 files updated. Why? What am I doing wrong? Is this a bug in dreamweaver that lasts for years?
I 've done nothing to detach the pages from template, ever. Why it stoped the updating of child file?
Can anybody please help me?
You say "every change in editable region of template forced all child pages". This is NEVER how DW has operated. It's only changes to NON-EDITABLE regions that are propagated to child pages. I suspect that this misunderstand is what is causing you trouble, but if not, read this -
Here are seven common mistakes that will result in changes not propagating from Template to child -
1. Rename the Templates folder
2. Move the Templates folder to some other folder level in the site other than root level
3. Move a template out of the Templates folder.
4. Make changes to an editable region of the Template (which will not propagate)
5. Assume that Template changes will be effected by just uploading the changed Template file to the server without also uploading the changed local files
6. Corrupt the site cache so that the link between Template and child page is broken
7. Improperly create your child pages by simply opening the Template, adding page specific content, and resaving the Template with an *.html extension rather that its *.dwt extension. (you can tell if this is the case by looking at the code on a child page - if you see anything like <!-- TemplateBeginEditable... then this is what you have done). If you *have done this*, then recreate the child pages (in DWCS3) using FILE | New > Page from Template, select the Template and click CREATE.
The 6th problem can be repaired by using SITE | Advanced > Recreate Site Cache, and the six others can be fixed by just not doing them. Have you done any of those?
Or, read this -
http://www.adobe.com/go/dd83ba8b

Template won't update child pages

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Template not updating child pages {subject edited by moderator}

I used templates for the sprymenu bar throughout the site. Recently, when i updated my nurse template (change the "2012 Upgrade" to "Upgrade" on the horizontal bar (see the red highlighted line in the code) and saved my change, I could not see the prompt asking me to confirm the updating of those linked child pages. I guessed i must have messed up the linking between the template (Nurses_Contentpage.dwt) and child pages (Nurses-inpatient.html and more html files). Where should I look at to fix this? Thanks!
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Template: Nurses_Contentpage.dwt
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="file://///cmc-childtest/departments/LearnEpic/style.css" />

<title>Clinical Support</title>

<script src="file://///cmc-childtest/departments/LearnEpic/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-25722711-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
</script>


<link href="file://///cmc-childtest/departments/LearnEpic/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrap">
<div id="header">
    <h1>Clinical Support</h1>
    <h2> </h2>
</div>

<div id="menu">
    <ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
    <li><a href="index.html" target="blank">Home</a>      </li>
    <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Providers</a>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="Providers_Inpatient.html">Inpatient/ICU</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_Ambulatory.html">Ambulatory</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_ED.html">Emergency Dept</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_PeriopServices.html">Periop Services</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_MyChildrens.html">MyChildren's</a></li>
                        <li><a href="Providers_MedSstudents.html">Medical Students</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Nurses</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Nurses_Inpatient.html">Inpatient/ICU</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_Ambulatory.html">Ambulatory</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_ED.html">Emergency Dept</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_PeriopServ.html">Periop Services</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_MyChildrens.html">MyChildren's</a></li>
      </ul>
      </li>
        <li><a href="pharmacists.html">Pharmacists</a></li>
        <li><a href="Therapists.html">Therapists</a></li>
        <li><a href="Ancillaries.html">Ancillaries</a>        </li>
        <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Clinical Support</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_ASR_PAR_SPAR.html">ASR/PAR/SPAR</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_Admitting_ED_FC.html">Admitting/ED/FC</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_MA_PCA_PCT.html">MA/PCA/PCT</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_Radio_Lab_Techs.html">Radiology/Lab Tech</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_HUcs.html">HUC</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_HIM.html">HIM</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_FinancialServ.html">Pt Financial Services</a></li>
</ul>
        </li>
               <li><a href="MultiAreaModules.html">Multi-Area Modules</a></li>
        <li><a href="trainers.html">Trainers</a></li>
       <li><a href="Upgrade.html">Upgrade</a></li>
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<div id="contentwrap">
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    <h2>Clinical Support > Area name</h2>
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      <thead>
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          <th width="169" >Category</th>
          <th width="554">Topic
          </th>
        </tr>

</div>
<div style="clear: both;"> </div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<p>© Copyright 2014 <a href="http://cmc-childnet/ChildNet/Departments/LearningInstitute/index.asp" target="_blank">the Learning Institute, </a><a href="http://cmc-childnet/ChildNet/Departments/home/index.asp" target="_blank">Children's Medical Center Dallas, Texas </a></p>
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var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
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</html>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One of the Child Nurse Pages: Nursee_inpatient.html
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />

<title>NurseTraining - Inpatient/ICU</title>

<script src="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-25722711-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
</script>


<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrap">
<div id="header">
    <h1><a href="#">Nurse Trainings</a></h1>
    <h2> </h2>
</div>

<div id="menu">
    <ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
    <li><a href="index.html" target="blank">Home</a>      </li>
    <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Providers</a>
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        <li><a href="Providers_Ambulatory.html">Ambulatory</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_ED.html">Emergency Dept</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_PeriopServices.html">Periop Services</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_MyChildrens.html">MyChildren's</a></li>
                        <li><a href="Providers_MedSstudents.html">Medical Students</a></li>
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<ul>
<li><a href="Nurses_Inpatient.html">Inpatient/ICU</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_Ambulatory.html">Ambulatory</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_ED.html">Emergency Dept</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_PeriopServ.html">Periop Services</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_MyChildrens.html">MyChildren's</a></li>
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      </li>
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        <li><a href="Therapists.html">Therapists</a></li>
        <li><a href="Ancillaries.html">Ancillaries</a>        </li>
        <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Clinical Support</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_ASR_PAR_SPAR.html">ASR/PAR/SPAR</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_Admitting_ED_FC.html">Admitting/ED/FC</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_MA_PCA_PCT.html">MA/PCA/PCT</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_Radio_Lab_Techs.html">Radiology/Lab Tech</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_HUcs.html">HUC</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_HIM.html">HIM</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_FinancialServ.html">Pt Financial Services</a></li>
</ul>
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        <li><a href="trainers.html">Trainers</a></li>
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      <thead>
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          <th width="168" >Category</th>
          <th width="555">Topic
            </th>
        </tr>
        <tr >

    <div style="clear: both;"> </div>
</div>

<div id="sidebar02">
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<li><a href="Nurses_Inpatient.html">Inpatient/ICU</a></li>
<li><a href="Nurses_Ambulatory.html">Ambulatory</a></li>
<li><a href="Nurses_ED.html">Emergency Dept</a></li>
<li><a href="Nurses_PeriopServ.html">Periop Services</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cmc-childnet/ChildNet/Departments/LearnEpic/Nurses_MyChildrens.html">MyChildren's</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div style="clear: both;"> </div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<p>© Copyright 2014 <a href="http://cmc-childnet/ChildNet/Departments/LearningInstitute/index.asp" target="_blank">the Learning Institute, </a><a href="http://cmc-childnet/ChildNet/Departments/home/index.asp" target="_blank">Children's Medical Center Dallas, Texas </a></p>
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var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
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I do have the exact hierarchy of this site on both the test and production sites.
If that were the case then DW would not change the links to file:/// links. Are you sure they didn't start that way? Typically they get that way when you insert an element into the page that is *outside* the root folder for the site.
For the nurse template, there are 6 child pages. I am using a total of 5-6 templates and each template has 3-6 child pages.
I don't see any reason why you would need so many templates for this simple layout. I haven't encountered a site I couldn't do with a single template yet. However, that's not answering your question.
Is this lack of propagation of changes true for ALL your templates in this site or only one? Also, do you see it happen on other sites?

Modifying a template resulted in all child pages with repeating editable regions - Help !

Good morning,
I have recently been appointed to update a website designed in Dreamweaver by an employee who is no longer here. I have read books on the software and practiced an insane amount which permitted me to update child pages, links, documents etc... however:
I was asked to add a new button to an "non-editable" region of a template. Trying to do so resulted in a massive mess (with massive anxiety).
Even thou the new template had all the same text and editable regions, all my pages look completely different from the template itself. The editable regions appears 2-3 times in different locations ex: Header is showed on the bottom, top etc... and the Editable region titles (EditableRegion1 etc...) repeat themselves as well.
I really need help and not sure what to do, I have tried everything and I am only making it worse and worse. All I want/need is for all my html pages created with this template, match the template.
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I am not suprised, the previous employee tried to recreate the English version of the site in another folder structure and did not change all links and was still using a template in the wrong location.
I think I created the mess by trying to modify the existing template's non-editable region in order to add a new button. When trying to update all the pages, the fiasco started.
Do you think the best option would be to create a new template in the correct folder structure and apply it? Would it fix the current pages or will I have to fix them all manualy on by one?
I understand it is difficult to deal with a newbie of my magnitude and thanks again.

Updating child pages from a template in CS4

I built a site that uses one template. Everything was going along fine I'd make a change to the template and I was able to update all the child pages. I made changes to the template yesterday and nothing updates. I try using the update the site... I choose the files that use and the one template I have and none of the pages update. I've tries re-saving the template file as a template and still nothing updates.
It has never immediately done an automatic update to the pages. It always seems to be a while before the update these pages pallette comes up. And again sometimes it will update all the pages, but most of the time not.
I've done a search of the discussions to see if I could find a solution, before I posted this. The ones I found do not have a solution that works for me.
So does anyone know what to do?
On a related issue... I usually create a page save the page to the site folder and then apply the template. I have tried to create the page from the template, but the graphic in the background of the container div doesn't show up. I usually have to then apply the template to the newly created page to get that to show up. So what's up with this?
Thank you!
Nina

On a related issue... I usually create a page save the page to the site folder and then apply the template. I have tried to create the page from the template, but the graphic in the background of the container div doesn't show up. I usually have to then apply the template to the newly created page to get that to show up. So what's up with this?
Try saving the page to the site after creating it, even though the graphic doesn't show up. It should appear when you save it.
Just for drill, here is my "Seven Common Mistakes" post - do any of these cover your situation?
Here are seven common mistakes that will result in changes not propagating from Template to child -
1. Rename the Templates folder
2. Move the Templates folder to some other folder level in the site other than root level
3. Move a template out of the Templates folder.
4. Make changes to an editable region of the Template (which will not propagate)
5. Assume that Template changes will be effected by just uploading the changed Template file to the server without also uploading the changed local files
6. Corrupt the site cache so that the link between Template and child page is broken
7. Improperly create your child pages by simply opening the Template, adding page specific content, and resaving the Template with an *.html extension rather thanits *.dwt extension. (you can tell if this is the case by looking at the code on a child page - if you see anything like <!-- TemplateBeginEditable... then this is what you have done). If you *have done this*, then recreate the child pages (in DW) using FILE | New > Page from Template, select the Template and click CREATE.
The 6th problem can be repaired by using SITE | Advanced > Recreate Site Cache, and the six others can be fixed by just not doing them. Have you done any of those?
Or, read this -
http://www.adobe.com/go/dd83ba8b

Trouble with updating child pages in dreamweaver cs4

Hello,
I have added some advertising links to my template page in Dreamweaver CS4 and it doesn't update my child pages for some reason. I have saved the template and synchronized the sitewide as normal but it isn't updating them. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
thx
kim

Yes it has worked in the past.
Not if you made those changes to an editable region in the template it didn't. Changes made to a template page ONLY propagate to child pages if they have been made to non-editable regions. Changes to editable regions of a template page will ONLY appear in child pages created from the template after the changes have been made, and will not propagate to existing child pages.
so does that mean if I add content to editable region I will have to manually put it on each page
Yes it means exactly that.
Can I change the editable region to a non editable region
You can do that by removing the editable region from the template. Of course when you do that, all unique content appearing in those regions on your child pages will also be removed.
The moral to the story is to make sure that your template is designed properly (vis-a-vis editable regions) so that all of your needs are accommodated.

Template not updating child pages

Hi, here's a link to the conundrum:
http://theexperience-exchange.co.uk/stop.html
This page (as are a few others) is based on a template document (stored in a Templates folder in the site root).
I added an editable region in the form of a new div with some text etc. When I do a 'save' I get the update files dialogue box, but it doesn't update the child pages.
I did look on the forum for an answer, althought there are similar examples of this issue, they don't seem to have had any dircet help.
As ever, any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
I'm signing off for the night, catch up with you all in the morning.
Thanks in anticipation
RP

Let's start with the obvious things.
1. Are you sure you're editing the correct template.dwt file?
Your Stop.html page is referencing this one. internal_pages.dwt
2. After saving your template and updating the child pages, did you upload the child pages to your server?
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Templates not updating child pages

I am running DM CS3, Version 9.0, Build 3481. When I have the
HTTP address listed in the box on the Site Definition page (Local
Info), any changes that I make to a template are not saved in the
child pages when I save the template. I have the Links set relative
to Document.
If I remove the HTTP address from the box in the Site
Definition page, the template changes will be saved in the child
pages. If I click to Remote Server and then back to Local Info, the
HTTP address is inserted back into the HTTP box. I have to remove
it and hit OKAY and DONE in order to have the template update
properly.
I did not have to do this before. I have reloaded DM CS3, so
maybe a switch is set somewhere to cause this issue. Does anyone
know how to fix this permanently?
Regards,
Bill Schaepe

MarilynWalker wrote:
Murray - Can share your book title with us, please?
Sure. It's Dreamweaver MX Templates by Brad Halstead and myself - ISBN 0-7357-1319-7. I spend quite a bit of time explaining nested templates. Sadly, nowhere do I say you should avoid them. But you should.
There is a master template that controls top level navigation and then five child templates that give different left-side navigation based on which section of the site the user is in. You can see this in action at www.homerenergy.com.
You should see how easy this is to do with server-side includes and a single template file. It's the best of both worlds.
You can see this in action at www.homerenergy.com.
Yep. http://validator.w3.org/unicorn/check?ucn_uri=http://www.homerenergy.com/&ucn_task=conform ance - even if you would leave the nested templates in place, you would sure want to fix those.
The section-specific navigation is very easy to manage either with template conditionals or with server-side includes. You can see this site - http://www.ent-sys.com - where I have done the section navigation on interior pages with template conditionals.
However, your site is small, and simple. Nested templates can work OK in such circumstances. But I have never seen a use of nested templates that couldn't be done more simply with some other approach.

Making DW CS4 Nested Template Head Region Update to Pages

Using DW CS4...
So I made a template, called main_template, and obviously it has an editable region named head. Now from main_template I made the nested template locations_template. Now I have code that I put in the head region of locations_template. This code does not propagate out to pages created from locations_template. I can't place an editable region within the head section in the nested template. How do I solve this problem?

> 1st: "Error accessing file "...here appears the file
name/path..." bad
> file
> path (error code 3) OKAY
This usually means you have other files open that may belong
to templates
not in the current site. Make sure that you have other such
files closed
and you won't get this error.
> 2nd: When I click the OKAY button I get: "There is an
error at line 5,
> Column
> 35 (absolute position 54) of "...here appears the file
name/path..." :
> Nested
> edible regions.
This usually means you have an error in the template file -
we would need to
see its code to diagnose further.
> When I check the code at line 5 or 54 I find nothing
relevant to "Nested
> edible regions".
It could be referring to code errors like a missing
</head>, or <body> tag,
too.
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"Roy E" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am using one template in my website. Upon making
changes it would
> automatically update associate pages as it should. Then
it quit and now
> when I
> try to do a manual update (Modify > Template . Update
Pages) I get the
> following error messages.
>
> 1st: "Error accessing file "...here appears the file
name/path..." bad
> file
> path (error code 3) OKAY
>
> 2nd: When I click the OKAY button I get: "There is an
error at line 5,
> Column
> 35 (absolute position 54) of "...here appears the file
name/path..." :
> Nested
> edible regions.
>
> When I check the code at line 5 or 54 I find nothing
relevant to "Nested
> edible regions".
>
> Am I reading the error message incorrectly re:
line/location of the error?
> (I
> do not want to have to recreate the template .)
>
> Help!
>
> Thomas
>

Template No Longer Updates Site Pages

Hi, everybody.
I am using Dreamweaver CS3 to build a web page. I created a template file, called "Template1.dwt." I then created all the other site pages based on this template. When I updated the template, it asked if I wanted to update all the other files. I clicked yes, and all was well.
Today, for no reason I can discern, saving the template no longer makes any changes to the other files. It doesn't even ask me anymore.
The code in the beginning of the site files used to read, in part, "template="/Templates/Template1.dwt." I think. It now reads, "template="/Templates/Template1.php," which I don't think is even a real file.
This is the second time this has happened. The first time, I just rebuilt the whole site from scratch using a new template file. I don't want to have to do that again, if avoidable.
Does anyone know what happened, and how to fix it?

Hi,
Here are 2 common mistakes that will result in changes not propagating from Template to child :
Rename the Templates folder
Assume that template changes can be uploaded to the server without also uploading the changed local files corrupt the site cache so that the link between template and child page is brokenSimple trickImproperly create your child pages by simply opening the template, adding page specific content, and resaving the template with an *.html extension rather that its *.dwt extension. (you can tell if this is the case by looking at the code on a child page - if you see anything like <!-- TemplateBeginEditable... then this is what you have done). If you *have done this*, then recreate the child pages (in DWCS3) using FILE | New > Page from Template, select the template and click CREATE.
First of all, try this little trick : Advanced > Recreate Site Cache, and the six others can be fixed by just not doing them. This will recreate a corrupted site cache. It often work ...
Martin

Instancebegin template populating twice in child pages

I just made a change to my template for my site in Dreamweaver. I simply added the Google Analytics snippet to my head section, but now when it goes to update my child pages I get an error in line 1 stating "Unbalanced InstanceBegin tag" and the pages don't update. I looked at the code in one of my child pages and somehow instancebegin is now in twice. Here is a snippet of those first lines from a child page:
<!DOCTYPE html>

 <html class="no-js" lang="en" > 
How can I eliminate one of those ""? How did it get in there in the first place? Any help is appreciated!
Update: On a side note, I tried opening a child page in textedit and deleting one of those snippets and it came back the next time I saved the template and pushed the change to the pages, so I am still looking for a way to fix this issue...

Extra - I can see what's happening here, I think. The code is being expanded when it's copied to the child, so it's repeating the internal call to itself (randomImages is called from inside itself). I got this code from a Dreamweaver tutorial, and it works perfectly well in a page that's not the child of a template.
Can I prevent the code being expanded somehow? If not, can I edit the code that's copied from the template somewhere?
Frances

Change my dwt to dwt.php and update child pages

Hello,
I need to convert my dwt to php. My site is not that big at this time so I can manually change the links and extensions on the child pages if needed. How do I convert the template and assure it stays attached to the child pages? As a test, I used "save as" and saved the template as mytemplate. dwt.php. I edited a region of the template and saved. The content of the child pages didnt update at all. They dont seem to be attached.
Thanks so much,
Andrea

Hi Murray,
Method 3 worked like a charm and saved a lot of time. Can I ask you an off topic question? I uploaded my site and things were good with current browsers I was shocked when I pulled up my website on an old pc with IE6. I really wish I hadn’t looked! Many images are very large, distorted, and misplaced. One example occurs in a div with the following class:
.form_container{
                max-width: 400px;
                height: auto;
                background-color: #FFF;
                margin-left: auto;
                margin-right: auto;
                border-radius: 20px;
                padding-top: 10px;
                padding-bottom: 10px;
I checked the properties. The image only has one class .form_container. New browsers display the image it’s actual 125px size, but IE6 stretches it to 100% of the div size. Looking at the css, I see did not specify any image properties.   I have this problem with images all over the site. What is the most effective way to solve it?
Thanks
Andrea

Template will not update in pages

I've changed the template and saved. The other pages will not
update to show
this change. I try to manually do it through
>File>Templates>update current
page. It displays a message saying ".....contains an invalid
path." Then
another window that says "Error accessing file .......bad
file path (error
code 3).
I just downloaded this whole website from where it was
hosted, made some
changes and then I am going to upload changes. The only thing
I can't get to
work is updating pages from the template. Any help would
greatly be
appreciated.

> The "template.dwt" is in the Templates folder as it
should be.
Is the Templates folder in the root level of the site?
Nothing in that template looks out of place or improper.
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"Andrena Lefdahl" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
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> Here is a link to the template:
>
http://ideal-mfg.com/fastway/Templates/template.dwt
>
> Also when I go to >Modify >Templates >Apply
Template to Page
> The "template.dwt" is not listed anymore. How do I get
it in there?
> The "template.dwt" is in the Templates folder as it
should be.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Clearly something is wrong. Can you show me the
template page? Post a
>> link to it, please?
>>
>> --
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>>
>> "Andrena Lefdahl"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> I've changed the template and saved. The other
pages will not update to
>>> show this change. I try to manually do it
through >File>Templates>update
>>> current page. It displays a message saying
".....contains an invalid
>>> path." Then another window that says "Error
accessing file .......bad
>>> file path (error code 3).
>>>
>>> I just downloaded this whole website from where
it was hosted, made some
>>> changes and then I am going to upload changes.
The only thing I can't
>>> get to work is updating pages from the template.
Any help would greatly
>>> be appreciated.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Modifying a Template will not update the pages

I have a template that is having problems to update all the
pages built with the template. When I edit > save > Update
template used in these files, everything looks fine- the updates
log shows that it has updated 12 of 12 pages, BUT, when I check the
pages, they won't have the changes made. Here are some things that
I have being trying:
1. When I created each page based on the template - In the
new document log > page from template, I checked the option
"update page when template changes"
2. I tried changing the area that I edited (Menu Botons) to
repeat region, then to editable region, and so on... But the
problem persist.
3. I chose modify > Templates > Apply Template to
page.... and nothing.
4. I re-read the DW Help, tutorials and watch the adobe
videos on this topic...
If somebody can tell me what I might be doing wrong, I will
appreciate your help

Why are you using the gotoURL behavior on your menu images
instead of an
ordinary hyperlink? In other words, you have this -
<img src="
http://www.prueba.turocpr.com/images/boton_sa_sobreturoc.gif"
name="sobre_turoc" width="195" height="24" vspace="2"
id="Image6"
onclick="MM_goToURL('parent','index.html');return
document.MM_returnValue"
onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image6','','images/boton_sa_sobreturoc2.gif',1)"
onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()" />
and you should have this -
<a href="index.html"
onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image6','','images/boton_sa_sobreturoc2.gif',1)"
onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img
src="
http://www.prueba.turocpr.com/images/boton_sa_sobreturoc.gif"
name="sobre_turoc" width="195" height="24" vspace="2"
id="Image6" /></a>
Anyhow, since you are using IMAGES for the menu buttons it
complicates your
solution a bit, but you can use this method -
Put this in script tags in the head of the document -
function P7_downImage() {
var g7="<imagename>"
var g7url="<pathname>"
if ((g7=MM_findObj(g7))!=null) {g7.src=g7url;}
and this on the <body> tag
onload="P7_downImage()"
Then on each page you would need to make two edits:
Set g7 to the *name* of the button (not the file name but the
HTML name -
e.g., "productsbutt"), and g7url to the pathname to the
button (e.g.,
"images/nav/button3.gif"), and bada bing, bada boom!
There is an excellent tutorial here -
http://www.projectseven.com/support/answers.asp?id=126
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"Pablo163" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Ok, I just uploaded the layout to this address:
>
http://www.prueba.turocpr.com
> You will notice that the menu is in gray color, when
they land in a
> particular
> topic/page, that page button will be in blue: Example:
>
http://www.prueba.turocpr.com/layout2.jpg
I just don't know where and
> how is
> done in the CSS, - Here is the external code, just in
case:
> body {
> background-color: #FFFFFF;
> font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
> font-size: small;
> font-style: normal;
> color: #424242;
> line-height: 20px;
> }
>
> body, td, th {
> color: #424242;
> }
>
> h1, h2, h4 {
> color: #000099;
> font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
> font-style: normal;
> }
>
> h3, h5, h6 {
> color: #000099;
> font-size: small;
> }
>
> a {
> color: #000099;
> }
> a:link {
> }
>
>
>

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