Odd DW CS3 Template issue

Question

Hello everyone,
I was wondering if I could get some help on an odd issue I've
been experiencing with DW CS3. I have been tasked with adding
content to two templates we use (which include a vertical nav bar,
footer and header). After I've made my changes, I would save the
work and then be prompted to Update Pages. During this process, I
don't receive any errors (the only message I get is something like
"Dreamweaver needs to check out this file in order to update").
After all is said and done, I take a look at a few of the
(checked out) pages and I can see the template changes have been
made to them. However, when I check the file back in and take a
look at it online, the changes are not there. Incidentally, I saw
the page here by Murray featuring 7 points that may cause this
issue, but to the best of my knowledge, I have not committed any of
them.
Here's where things get weird: When I go back into DW and
check out the file (to see what went wrong), the web page (which
showed the template change not moments before) goes back to its
original, unmodified state. I've found a way to get around this by
using the "Modify > Templates > Apply Template To Pages..."
process, but with so many web pages, this seems counter-productive.
And this is the third time this issue has occurred for me.
Considering that, I wonder if I'm missing a step. Do I need to
check in the .dwt file after I've made the change but before I
update?
Insights would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all for your
time and patience.

Answer 1

> the only message I get
> is something like "Dreamweaver needs to check out this
file in order to
> update"
Uh oh.
Using Templates in a site with checkin/checkout is a very
troublesome thing.
It's a tedious process, but you must be
systematic -
* have the client up-synch all files
* down-synch your local site
* make template changes and let them propagate
* up-synch
* notify client that it's safe to work on the site again
Wish it were easier myself....
(I assume you are working with Contribute or with other
developers, right?)
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
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"Allen_Kes" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hello everyone,
>
> I was wondering if I could get some help on an odd issue
I've been
> experiencing with DW CS3. I have been tasked with adding
content to two
> templates we use (which include a vertical nav bar,
footer and header).
> After
> I've made my changes, I would save the work and then be
prompted to Update
> Pages. During this process, I don't receive any errors
(the only message I
> get
> is something like "Dreamweaver needs to check out this
file in order to
> update").
>
> After all is said and done, I take a look at a few of
the (checked out)
> pages
> and I can see the template changes have been made to
them. However, when I
> check the file back in and take a look at it online, the
changes are not
> there.
> Incidentally, I saw the page here by Murray featuring 7
points that may
> cause
> this issue, but to the best of my knowledge, I have not
committed any of
> them.
>
> Here's where things get weird: When I go back into DW
and check out the
> file
> (to see what went wrong), the web page (which showed the
template change
> not
> moments before) goes back to its original, unmodified
state. I've found a
> way
> to get around this by using the "Modify > Templates
> Apply Template To
> Pages..." process, but with so many web pages, this
seems
> counter-productive.
> And this is the third time this issue has occurred for
me. Considering
> that, I
> wonder if I'm missing a step. Do I need to check in the
.dwt file after
> I've
> made the change but before I update?
>
> Insights would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all for
your time and
> patience.
>