DWT files

hi wonder if someone can help please... im a new user of
dreamweaver and have a little exp of web editing and building with
cyber studio and contribute...
anyway to the point
i need to edit a home page (htm) but parts of it i cant edit.
i went to my templates folder and found the editable home page
(dwt) but how do i save this as a new .htm page to replace the old
one and is it as simple as that
lol i had hoped by making changes in the template (dwt) home
page the changes to the htm home page might be automatic
hope someone can help and many kind thanks in advance
nuxes

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:20:46 +0000 (UTC), "nuxes"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>hi wonder if someone can help please... im a new user of
dreamweaver and have a
>little exp of web editing and building with cyber studio
and contribute...
>
> anyway to the point
>
> i need to edit a home page (htm) but parts of it i cant
edit. i went to my
>templates folder and found the editable home page (dwt)
but how do i save this
>as a new .htm page to replace the old one and is it as
simple as that
>
> lol i had hoped by making changes in the template (dwt)
home page the changes
>to the htm home page might be automatic
>
Dw CS
File / New / Page from Template
This should highlight your Template file, click on create
save the file
Dw 8
File / New /
click on templates
select the site
Create
save the file
~Malcolm N....
~

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> Aughh! I am almost done with my website, when I go back
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> add a
> couple new tabs on a drop-down menu. I update the DWT
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> but
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> of
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