Files not updating from default.dwt

Question

NONE of my pages are updating from the template that I
created them from. To create them I did the following:
File>New>Templates>Site Name>Template
Name>Create...
Then I'd save the file to whatever I was creating..... such
as, index.htm
I have done this for 6 new pages....
Then I change the links on the template and have it and when
I'm asked if I want to update ALL of the pages that were created
based on that template I answer yes... (obviously)..
But.... the pages do NOT update. it even says so in the
"Update Pages Dialog Box". it says that NO Pages were updated?
Why is that and what possible cause could there be.
I have a Dreamweaver manual and have defined the site about a
dozen times (after removing it first) and I have dome so RIGHT TO
THE BOOK..... but the dang template will NOT update the sites pages
created from it........grrrr..........
Any suggestions? Thanks for any replies.....
HEK

Answer 1

Here are seven common mistakes that will result in changes
not propagating
from Template to child -
1. Rename the Templates folder
2. Move the Templates folder to some other folder level in
the site other
than root level
3. Move a template out of the Templates folder.
4. Make changes to an editable region of the template (which
will not
propagate)
5. Assume that template changes can be uploaded to the server
without also
uploading the changed local files
6. Corrupt the site cache so that the link between template
and child page
is broken
7, Improperly create your child pages by simply opening the
template,
adding page specific content, and resaving the template with
an *.html
extension rather that its *.dwt extension. (you can tell if
this is the case
by looking at the code on a child page - if you see anything
like <!--
TemplateBeginEditable... then this is what you have done)
The 6th problem can be repaired by using SITE | Advanced >
Recreate Site
Cache, and the six others can be fixed by just not doing
them. Have you
done any of those?
Or, read this -
http://www.adobe.com/go/dd83ba8b
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"gramma_hek" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> NONE of my pages are updating from the template that I
created them from.
> To
> create them I did the following:
>
> File>New>Templates>Site Name>Template
Name>Create...
>
> Then I'd save the file to whatever I was creating.....
such as, index.htm
>
> I have done this for 6 new pages....
>
> Then I change the links on the template and have it and
when I'm asked if
> I
> want to update ALL of the pages that were created based
on that template I
> answer yes... (obviously)..
>
> But.... the pages do NOT update. it even says so in the
"Update Pages
> Dialog
> Box". it says that NO Pages were updated?
>
> Why is that and what possible cause could there be.
>
> I have a Dreamweaver manual and have defined the site
about a dozen times
> (after removing it first) and I have dome so RIGHT TO
THE BOOK..... but
> the
> dang template will NOT update the sites pages created
from
> it........grrrr..........
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks for any replies.....
>
> HEK
>
>
>
>
>
>