Editing a template

Question

I don't have Contribute on my computer but my client does. I
created the site in Dreamweaver. I thought he would be able to edit
a template page because a copy resides on the server. When he tried
to edit the file he gets a message "This file cannot be displayed
in the Contribute web browser." I don't have 'enable Contribute
compaitbility' checked on the site definition because I don't think
there is much work that I will be doning on the site. Can templates
be edited in Contribute? And, if so, what do I need to do to allow
that to happen?

Answer 1

Before you update a template file there's a few thinsg that
make the process go smoothly:
1. Ideally have the user publish all draft or new pages.
2. Make sure you have synchronized your local copy of the
website in Dreamweaver with the remote server.
3. Once you've done the synchronize rebuild Dreamweaver's
Site Cache.
4. Update the template file, and allow Dreamweaver to check
out and update all the pages using the template. If feasible you
can check out all the pages that use the template first; there 's
no need to check out the dependent images etc.
5. Do another synchronize, this time putting all the new
local files onto the remote server.
6. Check in all the files that were checked out in step 4.
The Contribute user should get the latest copy of the
template when they start up, but make sure they do not have the
"Don't connect to websites at startup" option checked.