Sparse templates (when adding page types)

I'm not sure if this has already been posted in the forum, but I discovered it as I dealt with the growing number of templates, v1.1 templates, and custom templates that my iWeb now has. Also helps stub out the v1.1 'Blank' page type for older custom templates.
When adding templates to iWeb, iWeb seems to like it's TemplatesInfo.plist to contain EVERY page type for EVERY template. However, as I'm developing a new template, I sometimes like to have just a few page types defined... or, sometimes I create a simple template for a simple site that only has a couple of page types.
So, when I am defining the new entries for each template within a page type, I specify a bogus filename (I use "Unavailable.webtemplate") for any entry where I don't have that page type / template combination. For example, if my "DogDays" template only has a Welcome and Blog page type, then in every other page type the DogDays template's entry will use the bogus filename.
Pictures help make this much more clear, so here's a page that I posted to remind me how to add a new page type... I use the bogus "Unavailable.webtemplate" in the example:
http://web.mac.com/dovinci/iWeb/dovinci/New%20Page%20Types.html
It also shows what the "page picker" in iWeb looks like.
Mac Mini, PowerBook, MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi,
The design for a calendar date box is determined by the "formRegionBody" class style (at least according to theme 12). You, therefore, need to update this.
In theme 12 ("Blue"), this is defined in the css as:
.formRegionBody {
font-size:12px;
font-weight:normal;
color:#285577;
background-color:#D7DFE6;
border-left:1px solid #BFBFBF; border-top:1px solid #BFBFBF;
border-right:1px solid #FFFFFF;border-bottom:1px solid #FFFFFF;
You can either update the css or add the above in a style tag on your calendar page (adjusting the colours as required).
Regards
Andy

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Davey_Doo wrote:
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Pixate wrote:
Looks like this problem is widespread, I see lots of people talking about it going back almost a year, but can find no mention of it or possible solutions from Adobe. Are these forums just a sop to the user, a place to moan and vent without ever getting answers or acknowledgement that a problem exists? No offence Adobe, but I don't have time to join a community or spend hours on forums, I'm too busy. I need software that works and timely answers.
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Second, you are not talkint to Adobe here. If you want to waste your time talking to tech support, you need to do that on the phone. The people here are user volunteers. We don't write the code and have no influence over what happens in engineering, but we do have a lot of collective real world experience that gladly share, and there are very few problems other than genuine bugs that we don't solve. But if you don't have time to participate in the community there's a pretty good chance the community won't find time for you.

[JS CS3] Page side when adding pages

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I am using a script to remove oversets by adding pages with linked text frames to the end of the document. When I am done removing the oversets, I check to make sure the document ends on a left page; if not, I am using the code below to add an extra page. However, the page ends up as a second right hand page right next to the previous one. How do I ensure that the page I add is a left-hand page. Thanks in advance.
Rick Quatro
rick at frameexpert dot com
585-659-8267
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