Site re-do -- applying commands to all files?

Question

Newbie here; please be kind.
I've inherited a site with a plethora of
similar-but-different templates. I'd like to be able to detach all
files from their templates and clean them up. Is there capability
within Dreamweaver (8) to apply a command e.g.
modify/templates/detach from template -- to all files? I haven't
found this with the app, nor any extensions.
Thoughts appreciated.

Answer 1

> Yeah, I guess "plethora" is a bit vague. There are 14
templates and just
> under
> 1000 .htm or .html files. If I had to guess, half or
less of them are
> template-driven.
YIKES. Using templates on a site with 1000 files (even 300
files) is like
putting bamboo shoots under your fingernails!
> Maybe a different way of looking at the collection: is
there a way to
> report
> which modules are under the control of which templates?
I just know if I
> make
> some update, I get a count of the files that are updated
as a result, but
> I
> don't see a high level "Template Report" kind of thing.
If you do a sitewide search for each template name, you will
return all
child pages of that template. Or, you can grab this -
For templates this extension can help:
http://www.massimocorner.com/dreamweaver/utilities/template_report.mxp
It reports pages associated with templates and editable
regions inside all
pages
to make that job easier.
> Extra credit: is it straightforward to change the
template being used?
> and their fields are identical (or close enough)
Assuming that their EDITABLE REGIONS ARE IDENTICALLY
NAMED....
Heh - that's easy. First, make a backup of the site for
safety's sake.
Change template1.dwt to template1old.dwt, and REFUSE THE
UPDATE. Then
change newtemplate1.dwt to template1.dwt. Finally, open one
of this
template's ex-child pages, and do MODIFY | Update Pages...,
and update all
pages. Bada bing, bada boom.
If their editable regions are NOT identically named, then
it'll be much more
difficult. Did I say MUCH MORE?
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> Yeah, I guess "plethora" is a bit vague. There are 14
templates and just
> under
> 1000 .htm or .html files. If I had to guess, half or
less of them are
> template-driven.
>
> Maybe a different way of looking at the collection: is
there a way to
> report
> which modules are under the control of which templates?
I just know if I
> make
> some update, I get a count of the files that are updated
as a result, but
> I
> don't see a high level "Template Report" kind of thing.
>
> Extra credit: is it straightforward to change the
template being used?
> Let's
> say there's Template1 and Template1a and their fields
are identical (or
> close
> enough). Is there a way to just change all
Template1a's-owned files to be
> owned
> by Template1?
>
> Which there was a nice MySQL schema behind DMX -- I
might shoot myself in
> the
> foot making the updates, but at least I'd have something
to try.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>