Saving Template doesn't update pages

I just made changes to my template, saved it, and the connected pages are not updating. The FAQ say's to select the 'Update' button, which I can't seem to find.
Any suggestions?

File extension is .dwt
Not exactly sure of your 2nd question. I only have one web site I work with. I’m quite the novice. But I think the answer to your question is yes.
The .dwt file is located within my Templates folder of the site
Thanks,
Stacy

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Last July, we converted our website from GoLive to
Dreamweaver. Now, for the first time since our conversion, I had to
make some changes on the template and there's a problem on the
updated pages.
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on the template itself. The template ("template.dwt") is in the
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The specific nav problem is that on rollover, the white
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VSSC/News/books.html: doesn't work (white subheadings don't
show)
I see the code pointing to the image is the same for both of
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VSSC/contact.html:
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Thanks for your help,
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"eucalyptus1" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:fhi88m$5g$[email protected]..
> Last July, we converted our website from GoLive to
Dreamweaver. Now, for
> the
> first time since our conversion, I had to make some
changes on the
> template and
> there's a problem on the updated pages.
>
> The problem is that the navigation is not working
properly on many (not
> all)
> pages updated with the template. The nav works fine on
the template
> itself.
> The template ("template.dwt") is in the Templates
folder.
>
> The specific nav problem is that on rollover, the white
subheadings do not
> show. Only an image icon shows. This problem occurs with
the files
> located in
> a folder WITHIN a folder.
>
> For example:
>
> VSSC/contact.html: nav works fine
> VSSC/News/books.html: doesn't work (white subheadings
don't show)
>
> I see the code pointing to the image is the same for
both of these pages
> even
> though one is a folder within a folder:
>
> VSSC/contact.html:
'../images/navigation/espanol_topics/libroso.gif'
> VSSC/News/books.html:
'../images/navigation/espanol_topics/libroso.gif'
>
> The code before I updated with the template was:
> VSSC/contact.html:
'../images/navigation/espanol_topics/libroso.gif'
> VSSC/News/books.html:
'../../images/navigation/espanol_topics/libroso.gif'
>
> Is this making any sense? Is there a quick fix to this?
In other words,
> a
> preference setting to check before updating the
Template?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Nancy
>

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I tried getting an answer to this question a while ago, but I
guess my question got lost in the shuffle. So here it is again:
Last July, we converted our website from GoLive to
Dreamweaver. Now, for the first time since our conversion, I had to
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"NateBaldwin" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> >The specific nav problem is that on rollover, the
white subheadings do
> >not
> show.
> >Only an image icon shows. This problem occurs with
the files located in a
> folder
> >WITHIN a folder.
>
> It looks like you build the drop-down navigation and
rollovers using
> GoLive
> actions, yes? As far as I know, Dreamweaver can't manage
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> and
> link paths in GoLive-generated JavaScript code, so all
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> relative to the Templates folder, and not the actual
location of the page
> using
> the template. So, you're likely to have path problems in
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> aren't
> 1 subdirectory deep.
>
> To fix it, you'd need to either make all the image paths
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> (from
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in the GoLive
> action
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Dreamweaver
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> the relative paths can be managed dynamically (assuming
DW can do that).
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> I'm using Dreamweaver MX. My site is huge.
Both of these are problems, I'm afraid. Combining that with
templates is
really trouble.
> "unmatched body tag".
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page itself.
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> Is there any way to make errors not pop up while
updating pages from the
> template? Or even to exclude certain folders from being
checked? (Cloaking
> doesn't do it.)
Valid code will not produce these errors. Unfortunately, the
only way to
avoid them is to remove any validation hiccups from your
pages.
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"abna" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm using Dreamweaver MX. My site is huge. It's an
intranet spanning
> dozens of
> departments. Some of those departments have subsites
that don't fall under
> the
> intranet's control, although they are embedded within
our site's folder
> structure. When I make a change to the template and
update pages, every
> time I
> hit one of those subsites I get tons of errors, from
"template not found"
> to
> "unmatched body tag". The errors that pop up each have
to be clicked on
> before
> the updating can continue. I get hundreds of these.
>
> Is there any way to make errors not pop up while
updating pages from the
> template? Or even to exclude certain folders from being
checked? (Cloaking
> doesn't do it.)
>

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update to show
this change. I try to manually do it through
>File>Templates>update current
page. It displays a message saying ".....contains an invalid
path." Then
another window that says "Error accessing file .......bad
file path (error
code 3).
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greatly be
appreciated.

> The "template.dwt" is in the Templates folder as it
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"Andrena Lefdahl" <[email protected]> wrote
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> Here is a link to the template:
>
http://ideal-mfg.com/fastway/Templates/template.dwt
>
> Also when I go to >Modify >Templates >Apply
Template to Page
> The "template.dwt" is not listed anymore. How do I get
it in there?
> The "template.dwt" is in the Templates folder as it
should be.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]>
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>> Clearly something is wrong. Can you show me the
template page? Post a
>> link to it, please?
>>
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>> "Andrena Lefdahl"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> I've changed the template and saved. The other
pages will not update to
>>> show this change. I try to manually do it
through >File>Templates>update
>>> current page. It displays a message saying
".....contains an invalid
>>> path." Then another window that says "Error
accessing file .......bad
>>> file path (error code 3).
>>>
>>> I just downloaded this whole website from where
it was hosted, made some
>>> changes and then I am going to upload changes.
The only thing I can't
>>> get to work is updating pages from the template.
Any help would greatly
>>> be appreciated.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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While executing onLoad in Swap Image.htm, the following
JavaScript error(s) occured:
At line 325 of the file "Hard Drive: Applications: Macromedia
Dreamweaver 8: Configuration: Behaviors: Actions: Swap Image.js":
Reference Error: createObjRefs is not Defined
I am on a Mac running 10.3.9, Dreamweaver 8.02.2809
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks,
Paul

When updating pages from a template I have been occasionally
getting this error message:
While executing onLoad in Swap Image.htm, the following
JavaScript error(s) occured:
At line 325 of the file "Hard Drive: Applications: Macromedia
Dreamweaver 8: Configuration: Behaviors: Actions: Swap Image.js":
Reference Error: createObjRefs is not Defined
I am on a Mac running 10.3.9, Dreamweaver 8.02.2809
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks,
Paul

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