Dreamweaver templates rewriting paths incorrectly

I have an odd problem running DW8 on a Mac. We use templates
extensively and our template manages our "printer friendly" version
of the page by removing page elements when the user clicks on the
link.
Ok, so here's my problem. When I tell DW8 to "Update from
template" if that printer-friendly code is active, DW8 rewrites the
path.
Example of our code:
<div class="pfv">

<a href="?printpage">Printer-friendly
version</a>

</div>
When this feature is turned on by the template and I update
the page from the template, the code gets re-written like this:
<div class="pfv">

<a href="../Templates/?printpage">Printer-friendly
version</a>

</div>
This effectively generates a bad URL causing a 404. Now, this
link to the printer friendly version of the page is in a locked
part of the page so I cannot change it in Dreamweaver once it has
been corrupted. I can only undo updating from the template or use a
text editor to correct it.
Does anyone have an idea how to correct this or prevent DW
from rewriting the path in the locked code?
Anyone have a clue on this one?
Thanks!
-Adam

Ok folks, I found the solution. I had the 8.01 update
installed but not 8.02. I Installed the 8.02 update and went to
"Manage Sites" and (advanced mode) selected the new "Templates"
tab. With the checkbox enabled for "Don't rewrite document relative
paths" DW8 no behaves correctly.
Woohoo!

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> Why does photohshop even provided a slicing feature if
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> What is better about Fireworks? I have the program but
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http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/why_fireworks.html
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without
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absolutely tied
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>
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>
>
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have never used
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>
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> thanks
> issuenite
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> I do NOT want it doing that.
Why? It's the right thing to do. Anyhow, PREFERENCES >
Code Rewriting,
might be what you are looking for.
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> How can I do that without removing the code from my
pages with each
> template
> update. Another problem is that I can't insert a
placeholder in the very
> first
> line of a dreamweaver template. Above that the first
line is locked in
> dreamweaver, so that I can't change it manually. Is
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> Hello,
>
> When I create a page from a Dreamweaver template, a
dreamweaver comment
> similar to the one below will be inserted:
>
> 
>
> Each time I edit a page to add php code in the very
first line, it is
> removed
> with every template update and the source code again
starts with the
> dreamweaver comment. I need to add to all my pages a php
code in the very
> first
> line like this one:
>
> <? $ob_start; $session_start; ?>
>
> How can I do that without removing the code from my
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> template
> update. Another problem is that I can't insert a
placeholder in the very
> first
> line of a dreamweaver template. Above that the first
line is locked in
> dreamweaver, so that I can't change it manually. Is
there any workaround
> available?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Philip
>

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Can you post a link to the PHP page, please? This will allow
me to see the
HTML markup on it....
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> Hello everyone,
>
> I have been given an exisiting website to update that
uses Dreamweaver
> templates.
>
> I have made the changes successfully within the
content.dwt file, saved
> it,
> and then uploaded both the new content.dwt file and the
related *.htm
> pages
> that were linked to it.
>
> After going to the website to double check the new pages
I found a *.php
> file
> that uses the same template, content.dwt, but it never
asked to update
> that
> particular file.
>
> So, I opened the *.php file in Dreamweaver and tried to
apply changes from
> the
> content.dwt file to it using: Templates - Update current
page, but no such
> luck. Since there is no code at the start of this file
like the other
> *.htm
> files how do I "connect" it with the newly updated
template. I tried
> making a
> small change on the content.dwt file so see what files
would come up in
> the "do
> you wish to update..." list but for some reason the
*.php file is not
> there.
>
> Perhaps the answer is fairly obvious to someone who has
worked with
> Templates
> a lot but since I have just started working with
templates I still have a
> large
> knowledge gap in this area.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Mr Zedd
>

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them in Firefox or IE. But when I uploaded the home page, using an
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the template were there. The formatting is all wrong, and the links
don't work! This page is horrible! I don't understand since they
looked great in the preview. Can somebody tell me what I've done
wrong?
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> If you'd like to view the mess, it's at
http://www.karathecomputertutor.com
> Thanks!
there's a problem with the way you've defined this site in
dreamweaver.
the link you gave is at the root level of the public hosting
for that
domain.
but the css link is:
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="../karathecomputertutor4.1/3col_leftNav.css
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that means go up one folder level.
there is no up from the root level.
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index.html is at
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of course.
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template?
Thanks in advance for any help.

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or

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>> 
>>
>> And I get the following error when saving the
template:
>>
>> Unbalanced body tag
>>
>> I have checked and I definetly have opening and
closing body tags in the
>> HTML.
>
> Is the include file JUST the html that would be correct
syntax for where
> it
> is used in the main file?
>
> In other words- included files should not be complete
html docs with their
> own head and body tags. That would result in multiple
head and body tags
> in
> the assembled files.
>
>
> --
> Alan
> Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
>
>
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/
>
>
>

Designing Dreamweaver templates (was:Info.)

hey again. i have a question. and i am wondering. if its true. could a designer or photogrpaher make a template and have it used in his or her web site? if so. how? i heard you can do this in either of the two programs. photo shop and illustrator. see i am now a member of bc partner. but i am wanting to learn the in between lines. of web site making. see i have started a web site in the past. using dreamweaver, and now i am using muse. but again i am starting from scratch. right now i am using a current site called wix.com. heres my current web site.
1. wix= http://brian-ford.wix.com/photographerexplorer
2. web site in progress using adobe muse. http://bf-photographer01.businesscatalyst.com
3. heres is wix.com it self. you can see how they have this site designed. and with it they have thumbnails of web site templates. that are editable. http://www.wix.com/html5webbuilder/400?utm_campaign=vir_wixad_live
how is that possiable? all i have learnd as a photo student. was design a web site from scratch. besides adding a background image. i have lerned code bfore. and i can laern more. so what is it that i can do?
so how to desing a template? and make it into a image? that someone/client. can tap on it. and edit it. as what they want.

Hi bford 225,
Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but for what it is worth:
http://webdesign.about.com/od/dreamweaverhowtos/ig/Create-a-Dreamweaver-Template/
Thanks,
Preran

Dreamweaver Templates - automation of objects

Can I make a template with objects (forgive me if wrong term) be defined once and is automatically generated for the rest of the document?
Example:
If I build a template with the following code:

<title>Untitled Document</title>


<h1 class="title">CSA 120/pagetitle</h1>

I would like to edit the <title> once and it update in different places on the html page where the title is used. So the HTML code would result in the following:

<title>Syllabus</title>


<h1 class="title">CSA 120/Syllabus</h1>


Dreamweaver Templates alone won't do what you want. But if your server supports PHP, you can set a variable inside the <title> tag and echo that value to other regions of the page. NOTE: You must save your HTML pages as .php for this to work.
CODE:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />

<title> <?php $title="This is my Page Title"; echo $title ?> </title>
</head>
<body>

<h1><?php echo $title ?></h1>

<h3><?php echo $title ?></h3>
</body>
</html>
And this is the resulting code on server:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />

<title> This is my Page Title </title>
</head>
<body>

<h1>This is my Page Title</h1>

<h3>This is my Page Title</h3>
</body>
</html>
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
http://alt-web.com/
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Dreamweaver template / having trouble seeing the previews

I am designing a website, using Dreamweaver for the first
time, and I would like to ask your advice.
Do you know how to apply a dreamweaver template to other html
pages. I have having trouble seeing the previews in the local
browser. For examples, when I preview an html page, that has the
template included, I see the page OK. But when I click to go to
another page with the sample template, the new page shows up, but
without the template design included.

Answered mutliple times on the DW forum.
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
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"happydreamweaver" <[email protected]> wrote
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> How can I apply a template to new pages? I have done the
following:
> Apply the template to the pages as follows:1 Select File
> Open.
> 2 Browse to and select index.html.
> 3 Select Modify > Templates > Apply Template to
Page.
> 4 Type the title of the page in the Banner Editable
Region. Type or insert
> text in the Body Editable Region.
> 5 Select File > Save.
>
> Then when I preview the broswer, I see the html page as
I should, put when
> I
> click to a new page, the new new doesn't have the
template.
>
> Also, when I went to apply the template to a new page, a
message said that
> I
> had orphaned stuff. What does that mean and how can I
get the template
> show
> apply without the hassle.
>

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