Spry Menu Template question

Question

I am fairly new to Dreamweaver and am self taught so I am
trying to learn the best way to do things. I have created a
horizontal Spry menu on one of my pages in DWCS3. I then copied and
pasted that code on each page I wanted the Spry menu. How can I now
go back and make the menu a template so that any changes I make
will be reflected on every page that has the menu - instead of
having to change each page every time I change the menu.

Answer 1

> If I create the whole page as a template, then are all
of the subsequent
> pages
> that use the menu also templates
You need to read DW's F1 Help about how to make templates and
spawn child
pages. If you make the page a template, you would need to
also specify
editable regions (regions in which content can be edited on
the child
pages).
If you use includes, you would need to create a text-only
page in DW, into
which you paste the content for the menu *ONLY*. Save this
file as whatever
filename you like. In any page that you want to use the menu
you would need
to a) have the required Spry javascript already in the head
of the page, and
b) use INSERT | Server-Side Include, to browse to and select
the menu
include file.
It's a bit tricky. Make sure you get the hang of this using
test pages
first, with simple content.
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> which method do you think would be more efficient and
easier to maintain.
> We
> use php on our server. Can you explain exactly how to
use the include. I
> am
> assuming I make the menu a separate page then do I save
it as a javascript
> file. I am a novice.
> If I create the whole page as a template, then are all
of the subsequent
> pages
> that use the menu also templates
>