Existing Dreamweaver templates on Joomla website

Hello,
I created a website using Dreamweaver templates for my client. The department website I created uses Dreamweaver (CS3) and the rest of the departments websites are using Joomla (I was told this after the fact). My questions are:
1. Will this create a problem or conflict? I was thinking I could upload my Templates and department folder directly using my FTP program.
2. I noticed there already is a "templates" folder with some folders and an index.html file. So, if I upload my files, will my files conflict because mine refer to "Templates" and the root folder is called "templates".
Any help on how to handle this would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks,
MonaE

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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"Mr Zedd" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:eviqn8$ntm$[email protected]..
> 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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> 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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Hello there,
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quote:
Originally posted by:
jonzi_456
Hello there,
I have just created a image in fireworks CS3 that i would
like to use as the basic template in a website. Now i dont want it
to simply be set as a background on the site, i am trying to put it
into dreamweaver so that i can edit on top of the template. So i
can put text in, hyperlinks, tables images etc. As it stands, i am
farely new to fireworks and dreamweaver, as you can probably tell.
If this fireworks is the wrong peice of software for creating
templates to be used in dreamweaver, could you please recomommend a
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production program. Use Dreamweaver to build an HTML page based on
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Region. Type or insert
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>
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>
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it does not provide
> good code?
The slicing is not the problem. It's the export as HTML that
is the
problem. And you'd have to ask Adobe that question if you
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We are all just volunteer peers here.
> What is better about Fireworks? I have the program but
have never used
> it.
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- and then look
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merging and splitting cells (which is what generates those
colspan and
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situation. Since you
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without
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I don't see any clear path to salvation here. Since you are
absolutely tied
to PS for exporting the HTML and slices, you will have to
recreate
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"issuenite" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> >That's a very bad start. This HTML is *not* suitable
for production use.
>
> Why does photohshop even provided a slicing feature if
it does not provide
> good code?
>
>
> > If you used FW to create the graphics, and DW to
build the page and
> > write
> > the HTML, you wouldn't be having this problem.
However, if you post a
> > link
> > to the page, we will likely be able to help you.
>
>
> What is better about Fireworks? I have the program but
have never used
> it.
>
> The site is in its infancy at www.kevinkipfer.com
>
> thanks
> issuenite
>

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Hi,
I am using Dreamweaver CS4 to manage my website.
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Thanks

Thanks,
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Online Java Training wrote:
Hi,
I am using dreamweaver templates for my online java training website http://www.javatutoronline.com .
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Looking at your page code I can only see <h4> heading tags, no <h1> or <h2><h3> etc. Googles spider will look at the text between each html tag and access it for importance, <h1> being the highest ranked, <h2> the next and so on.
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Of course it is also important to try and get listed on as many associated sites/forums as posssibe as Google looks for back-links to your site. If it finds some on sites/forums which are already highly ranked then that too can help in the ranking.
It's a bit hit and miss though. Sometimes you can implement all of the above and virtually nothing will happen and at other times you can see some really very good results. I recently got a site ranked at no 2 in Google for a couple of generic buzz words which I never expected Google to bite on given that they were quite common to a lot of other websites in competition.
It's a lot easier if you have a catchment 'location' area which you are aiming at. For instance 'Hat Makers London' will stand a better chance than simply 'Hat Makers'.
Good luck.

Dreamweaver Template Error: Error reading file (Site Location/info) returned incomplete data

Hello!
I am working on new website we are creating for our company. I have never really had any Dreamweaver template file errors before...so this one has me really stumped! We purchased the site files from Template Monster and I have contacted their tech support, but I have not had much luck with them.
I started out by creating the Dreamweaver template folder that includes the template files that I would like to use. I started creating some pages using the template. I placed all the html pages in the main folder of the website. When I go to update the template to those pages I get the following error: "Error reading file (Site Location\Folder name\Dreamweaver template name) returned incomplete data".
I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated!
The site is a CSS based site with a Flash navigation menu. Since it is in the production phase, I do not yet have it placed on a server so you can take a look at it at this time (although if really needed and we cannot find an answer, I may be able to get the test site on line - if someone thinks they can help me answer this problem by viewing the site). Right now the site is housed in the same place we house all of the other sites we have produced and all of our other templates on our other websites work just fine. The main difference with this site is that we did purchase files from Template Monster to help speed us along during the construction of the page structures and also this site has a Flash Navigation Menu and a few other Flash elements (something our other sites do not really have).
I am using Abobe Dreamweaver CS5 and Windows 7
Thanks again for taking the time to help find and answer to this problem!
-J

I am curious as to why no one likes them around here.
They have spammed these forums in the past.
The code on their pages is rarely 'best-practice' code.
There are much better choices available.
My co-worker and I have to share the files, since we are editing the site together. The files are not local on our computers, but on the company's f drive that have Novell on it.
This arrangement is a recipe for disaster. The correct way to collaborate on a site with a colleague is with the following setup:
Each of you must have a LOCAL site (local to your workstation)
You would use a single remote location as a staging area, so each of you would have a site definition that specifies your own workstation for the local site, and the same network shared location as the Remote site
You will both need to enable Check In/ Check Out
You will both have to agree to PLAY BY THE RULES!
One (or both) of you will also need to have a second site defined that has the staging server as the local root folder, and would have the PRODUCTION server as the remote site. I'll explain how to use this site soon.
When you use CI/CO, your 'gold-standard files' are on the staging server. To begin working, you would connect to the staging server, and double click on a file, which will a) fetch the file from the staging server to your local site, and b) CHECK OUT the file to you. As long as you have the file checked out, it cannot be edited by your colleague. When you are done with your edit, you would CHECK IN the file (which uploads it to the staging server). It can now be edited by your colleague.
When you add templates to this scenario, things get even more complicated, although manageable. If you ever need to make a change to a template you must use the following procedure:
ALL FILES MUST BE CHECKED IN - this includes both you and your colleague.
One of you would connect with the SECOND SITE, open and edit the template, and save it propagating the changes to all "LOCAL" files (i.e., on the staging server).
Each of you would then need to return to the FIRST SITE, and again check out any files you want to work on.
When changes are done, and files are ready to publish, connect to the SECOND SITE, and upload the files from STAGING to PRODUCTION.
Does that make sense? It's important that it does.
I need to add in one more tab/link to the Flash nav bar.
Using Flash for navigation is a VERY POOR CHOICE, unless you also have redundant, text-based navigation on the pages. By using Flash to navigate, you guarantee: a) your pages will not be spiderable by search engines, b) your pages will not be navigable by iPlatforms, and c) your pages will be inaccessible to anyone browsing with screen assistive devices. Someone is making bad decisions about this site, in my opinion.

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I took over a website and the site uses Dreamweaver Templates. I'm not too familiar with the way that Templates works. Anyway, the nav (links at bottom of website) need to be updated. I updated the secondary.dwt file within the Templates folder. I uploaded it, but it's not updating the pages on the website that use this template file. Please help!

When you update the template from within DW, you should get a dialog asking if you want to update all of the files that use the template. When you click "OK" everything is updated across the site.
If you updated the template outside of the defined site, it won't update anything and you may have a bit of work on your hands.
In DW, you should have a Files tab with a drop down menu. The drop down menu should have all of your defined sites. Choose the site you are working on and a list of the files in that site will appear. Choose the template and make your changes and it will ask if you want to update everything else.

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I'm want to redo my website and need a new look. Where can I find some nice Dreamweaver templates?

See F1 Help -- Working with DW Templates
http://www.smartwebby.com/web_site_design/dreamweaver_template.asp#1
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Editable Regions are for content that will change from page to page.
Everything outside Editable Regions is common to all site pages & only editable from within the main template.dwt file.
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