Existing template problem

Question

Hello all,
I created a template for an existing web site and did all of
the updating ok. Well, I made the mistake of not backing up the
template and my computer crashed. I went through the pages and
detached them from the previous template and then created a new
template for the site.
Problem is, when I try to apply the new template to any of
the pages, it duplicates the editable region to all of the web
pages, essentially wiping out their different content. What am I
doing wrong?

Answer 1

> What am I doing wrong?
Just about everything.
Rule #1 - never detach pages from a template unless it's an
absolute last
resort. It would have been (most likely) a simple thing to
just recreate
the template from one of the child pages (simple, unless you
have used
Template parameters, or some of the more advanced Template
options).
Rule #2 - never apply a template to a page with existing
content. Instead,
spawn a new page from the Template, copy/paste content from
the old child
page to the new one, and then overwrite the old with the new.
Repeat until
done.
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"scott koblich" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hello all,
>
> I created a template for an existing web site and did
all of the updating
> ok.
> Well, I made the mistake of not backing up the template
and my computer
> crashed. I went through the pages and detached them from
the previous
> template
> and then created a new template for the site.
>
> Problem is, when I try to apply the new template to any
of the pages, it
> duplicates the editable region to all of the web pages,
essentially wiping
> out
> their different content. What am I doing wrong?
>