Necessary to re-build every blog entry????

So I am a novice computer user. I was able to design and publish my site on iweb. Very happy with the results. except.... do i really need to re-build every blog entry i make? when i add a new entry, I basically have to start from scratch everytime. doesn't seem like an efficent useof my time.... hoping there is a way to save my template so i would only have to update the content and not the page itself.
also wondering if it is possible to manage and upload my site from multiple computers?
thanks in advance for any help.

do i really need to re-build every blog entry i make?
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also wondering if it is possible to manage and upload my site from multiple computers?
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calico wood signs wrote:
Thanks For the help.I published the site to a folder, opened both files in dreamweaver and I see what you are saying. But this fix has me manually editing both files every-time I make a new post. and as far as i understand this will not work when publishing to .mac. do you have any other thoughts.
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.......... Lorna says ................................................
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.......... Lorna says ................................................
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