Template do not update child pages

I really do not understand why this happens to me all the time.
I had this problem when I was using windows/pc with previous version of dreamweaver many years ago.
I had the same one, now that I am using mac and dreamweaver cs4.
In the past, I created a template, with one editable region. Based on this template, I created many pages.
For some time, everything worked ok, every change in editable region of template forced all child pages to reflect to this change too.
Now, this do not happen anymore(once again as I said).
I cannot understand why this happens. 118 files examined, 0 files updated. Why? What am I doing wrong? Is this a bug in dreamweaver that lasts for years?
I 've done nothing to detach the pages from template, ever. Why it stoped the updating of child file?
Can anybody please help me?

giugiugiugiugiugiugi wrote:
I really do not understand why this happens to me all the time.
I had this problem when I was using windows/pc with previous version of dreamweaver many years ago.
I had the same one, now that I am using mac and dreamweaver cs4.
In the past, I created a template, with one editable region. Based on this template, I created many pages.
For some time, everything worked ok, every change in editable region of template forced all child pages to reflect to this change too.
Now, this do not happen anymore(once again as I said).
I cannot understand why this happens. 118 files examined, 0 files updated. Why? What am I doing wrong? Is this a bug in dreamweaver that lasts for years?
I 've done nothing to detach the pages from template, ever. Why it stoped the updating of child file?
Can anybody please help me?
You say "every change in editable region of template forced all child pages". This is NEVER how DW has operated. It's only changes to NON-EDITABLE regions that are propagated to child pages. I suspect that this misunderstand is what is causing you trouble, but if not, read this -
Here are seven common mistakes that will result in changes not propagating from Template to child -
1. Rename the Templates folder
2. Move the Templates folder to some other folder level in the site other than root level
3. Move a template out of the Templates folder.
4. Make changes to an editable region of the Template (which will not propagate)
5. Assume that Template changes will be effected by just uploading the changed Template file to the server without also uploading the changed local files
6. Corrupt the site cache so that the link between Template and child page is broken
7. Improperly create your child pages by simply opening the Template, adding page specific content, and resaving the Template with an *.html extension rather that its *.dwt extension. (you can tell if this is the case by looking at the code on a child page - if you see anything like <!-- TemplateBeginEditable... then this is what you have done). If you *have done this*, then recreate the child pages (in DWCS3) using FILE | New > Page from Template, select the Template and click CREATE.
The 6th problem can be repaired by using SITE | Advanced > Recreate Site Cache, and the six others can be fixed by just not doing them. Have you done any of those?
Or, read this -
http://www.adobe.com/go/dd83ba8b

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I used templates for the sprymenu bar throughout the site. Recently, when i updated my nurse template (change the "2012 Upgrade" to "Upgrade" on the horizontal bar (see the red highlighted line in the code) and saved my change, I could not see the prompt asking me to confirm the updating of those linked child pages. I guessed i must have messed up the linking between the template (Nurses_Contentpage.dwt) and child pages (Nurses-inpatient.html and more html files). Where should I look at to fix this? Thanks!
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Template: Nurses_Contentpage.dwt
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="file://///cmc-childtest/departments/LearnEpic/style.css" />

<title>Clinical Support</title>

<script src="file://///cmc-childtest/departments/LearnEpic/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-25722711-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
</script>


<link href="file://///cmc-childtest/departments/LearnEpic/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrap">
<div id="header">
    <h1>Clinical Support</h1>
    <h2> </h2>
</div>

<div id="menu">
    <ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
    <li><a href="index.html" target="blank">Home</a>      </li>
    <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Providers</a>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="Providers_Inpatient.html">Inpatient/ICU</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_Ambulatory.html">Ambulatory</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_ED.html">Emergency Dept</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_PeriopServices.html">Periop Services</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_MyChildrens.html">MyChildren's</a></li>
                        <li><a href="Providers_MedSstudents.html">Medical Students</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Nurses</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Nurses_Inpatient.html">Inpatient/ICU</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_Ambulatory.html">Ambulatory</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_ED.html">Emergency Dept</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_PeriopServ.html">Periop Services</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_MyChildrens.html">MyChildren's</a></li>
      </ul>
      </li>
        <li><a href="pharmacists.html">Pharmacists</a></li>
        <li><a href="Therapists.html">Therapists</a></li>
        <li><a href="Ancillaries.html">Ancillaries</a>        </li>
        <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Clinical Support</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_ASR_PAR_SPAR.html">ASR/PAR/SPAR</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_Admitting_ED_FC.html">Admitting/ED/FC</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_MA_PCA_PCT.html">MA/PCA/PCT</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_Radio_Lab_Techs.html">Radiology/Lab Tech</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_HUcs.html">HUC</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_HIM.html">HIM</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_FinancialServ.html">Pt Financial Services</a></li>
</ul>
        </li>
               <li><a href="MultiAreaModules.html">Multi-Area Modules</a></li>
        <li><a href="trainers.html">Trainers</a></li>
       <li><a href="Upgrade.html">Upgrade</a></li>
</ul>
    </li>
</div>
<div id="contentwrap">
<div id="content02">
    <h2>Clinical Support > Area name</h2>
   <table id="hor-minimalist-b" summary="Epic Access Requirements">
      <thead>
        <tr>
          <th width="169" >Category</th>
          <th width="554">Topic
          </th>
        </tr>

</div>
<div style="clear: both;"> </div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<p>© Copyright 2014 <a href="http://cmc-childnet/ChildNet/Departments/LearningInstitute/index.asp" target="_blank">the Learning Institute, </a><a href="http://cmc-childnet/ChildNet/Departments/home/index.asp" target="_blank">Children's Medical Center Dallas, Texas </a></p>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
</script>
</body>
</html>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One of the Child Nurse Pages: Nursee_inpatient.html
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />

<title>NurseTraining - Inpatient/ICU</title>

<script src="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-25722711-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
</script>


<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrap">
<div id="header">
    <h1><a href="#">Nurse Trainings</a></h1>
    <h2> </h2>
</div>

<div id="menu">
    <ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
    <li><a href="index.html" target="blank">Home</a>      </li>
    <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Providers</a>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="Providers_Inpatient.html">Inpatient/ICU</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_Ambulatory.html">Ambulatory</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_ED.html">Emergency Dept</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_PeriopServices.html">Periop Services</a></li>
        <li><a href="Providers_MyChildrens.html">MyChildren's</a></li>
                        <li><a href="Providers_MedSstudents.html">Medical Students</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Nurses</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Nurses_Inpatient.html">Inpatient/ICU</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_Ambulatory.html">Ambulatory</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_ED.html">Emergency Dept</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_PeriopServ.html">Periop Services</a></li>
        <li><a href="Nurses_MyChildrens.html">MyChildren's</a></li>
      </ul>
      </li>
        <li><a href="pharmacists.html">Pharmacists</a></li>
        <li><a href="Therapists.html">Therapists</a></li>
        <li><a href="Ancillaries.html">Ancillaries</a>        </li>
        <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Clinical Support</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_ASR_PAR_SPAR.html">ASR/PAR/SPAR</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_Admitting_ED_FC.html">Admitting/ED/FC</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_MA_PCA_PCT.html">MA/PCA/PCT</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_Radio_Lab_Techs.html">Radiology/Lab Tech</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_HUcs.html">HUC</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_HIM.html">HIM</a></li>
<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_FinancialServ.html">Pt Financial Services</a></li>
</ul>
        </li>
               <li><a href="MultiAreaModules.html">Multi-Area Modules</a></li>
        <li><a href="trainers.html">Trainers</a></li>
        <li><a href="2012Upgrade.html">2012 Upgrade</a></li>
</ul>
    </li>
</div>
<div id="contentwrap">
<div id="content02">
    <h2>Nurses > Inpatient/ICU</h2><br />
    <table id="hor-minimalist-b" summary="Epic Access Requirements">
      <thead>
        <tr>
          <th width="168" >Category</th>
          <th width="555">Topic
            </th>
        </tr>
        <tr >

    <div style="clear: both;"> </div>
</div>

<div id="sidebar02">
<h3>   Nurses by Area</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="Nurses_Inpatient.html">Inpatient/ICU</a></li>
<li><a href="Nurses_Ambulatory.html">Ambulatory</a></li>
<li><a href="Nurses_ED.html">Emergency Dept</a></li>
<li><a href="Nurses_PeriopServ.html">Periop Services</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cmc-childnet/ChildNet/Departments/LearnEpic/Nurses_MyChildrens.html">MyChildren's</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div style="clear: both;"> </div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<p>© Copyright 2014 <a href="http://cmc-childnet/ChildNet/Departments/LearningInstitute/index.asp" target="_blank">the Learning Institute, </a><a href="http://cmc-childnet/ChildNet/Departments/home/index.asp" target="_blank">Children's Medical Center Dallas, Texas </a></p>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
</script>
</body>
</html>

I do have the exact hierarchy of this site on both the test and production sites.
If that were the case then DW would not change the links to file:/// links. Are you sure they didn't start that way? Typically they get that way when you insert an element into the page that is *outside* the root folder for the site.
For the nurse template, there are 6 child pages. I am using a total of 5-6 templates and each template has 3-6 child pages.
I don't see any reason why you would need so many templates for this simple layout. I haven't encountered a site I couldn't do with a single template yet. However, that's not answering your question.
Is this lack of propagation of changes true for ALL your templates in this site or only one? Also, do you see it happen on other sites?

Templates not updating child pages

I am running DM CS3, Version 9.0, Build 3481. When I have the
HTTP address listed in the box on the Site Definition page (Local
Info), any changes that I make to a template are not saved in the
child pages when I save the template. I have the Links set relative
to Document.
If I remove the HTTP address from the box in the Site
Definition page, the template changes will be saved in the child
pages. If I click to Remote Server and then back to Local Info, the
HTTP address is inserted back into the HTTP box. I have to remove
it and hit OKAY and DONE in order to have the template update
properly.
I did not have to do this before. I have reloaded DM CS3, so
maybe a switch is set somewhere to cause this issue. Does anyone
know how to fix this permanently?
Regards,
Bill Schaepe

MarilynWalker wrote:
Murray - Can share your book title with us, please?
Sure. It's Dreamweaver MX Templates by Brad Halstead and myself - ISBN 0-7357-1319-7. I spend quite a bit of time explaining nested templates. Sadly, nowhere do I say you should avoid them. But you should.
There is a master template that controls top level navigation and then five child templates that give different left-side navigation based on which section of the site the user is in. You can see this in action at www.homerenergy.com.
You should see how easy this is to do with server-side includes and a single template file. It's the best of both worlds.
You can see this in action at www.homerenergy.com.
Yep. http://validator.w3.org/unicorn/check?ucn_uri=http://www.homerenergy.com/&ucn_task=conform ance - even if you would leave the nested templates in place, you would sure want to fix those.
The section-specific navigation is very easy to manage either with template conditionals or with server-side includes. You can see this site - http://www.ent-sys.com - where I have done the section navigation on interior pages with template conditionals.
However, your site is small, and simple. Nested templates can work OK in such circumstances. But I have never seen a use of nested templates that couldn't be done more simply with some other approach.

Template not updating child pages

Hi, here's a link to the conundrum:
http://theexperience-exchange.co.uk/stop.html
This page (as are a few others) is based on a template document (stored in a Templates folder in the site root).
I added an editable region in the form of a new div with some text etc. When I do a 'save' I get the update files dialogue box, but it doesn't update the child pages.
I did look on the forum for an answer, althought there are similar examples of this issue, they don't seem to have had any dircet help.
As ever, any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
I'm signing off for the night, catch up with you all in the morning.
Thanks in anticipation
RP

Let's start with the obvious things.
1. Are you sure you're editing the correct template.dwt file?
Your Stop.html page is referencing this one. internal_pages.dwt
2. After saving your template and updating the child pages, did you upload the child pages to your server?
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CS4 DW Mac Templates FAIL to update child pages

I duplicated a site, cleaned the cache. I moved the
duplicated site to a new
server. Uploaded all the files. I had one nested template
which failed to
update its child pages, so I detached it from the enclosing
template.
The child pages still have the link to the template

But when I update the template, the child pages are not seen
as connected
and do not update. I'm at a loss here....
Never seen this behavior in CS3.
Jeff
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jefferis Peterson, Pres.
Web Design and Marketing
http://www.PetersonSales.com

Lets see the code on the offending template, please.
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>I duplicated a site, cleaned the cache. I moved the
duplicated site to a
>new
> server. Uploaded all the files. I had one nested
template which failed to
> update its child pages, so I detached it from the
enclosing template.
>
> The child pages still have the link to the template
> 
>
> But when I update the template, the child pages are not
seen as connected
> and do not update. I'm at a loss here....
> Never seen this behavior in CS3.
>
>
> Jeff
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jefferis Peterson, Pres.
> Web Design and Marketing
>
http://www.PetersonSales.com
>
>

Template will not update in pages

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.

> The "template.dwt" is in the Templates folder as it
should be.
Is the Templates folder in the root level of the site?
Nothing in that template looks out of place or improper.
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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]>
wrote in message
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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
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>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Template won't update child pages

I have a website and my client wanted to add a sentence on all pages. I updated the template, when it asked to "update all" It 'updated successfully'. I haven't had a problem up to this point. It is in a template object so I can't update each page individually.
I had done a couple of things, added a sentence and changed the rollover color on the links. When I open the individual pages the rollover color updated but the sentence is not there.
When I click on the template in the Assets panel, it shows it correctly.
I am using CS5. I have also tried the site>advanced>recreate site cache. I have shut down everything and tried again, still doesn't work.

The website is http://rcottonlawpc.com, in the template (which sows correctly in the assets panel) after the "areas of practice" it is supposed to say "click on your area of need". I had typed that in just before I changed the hover over links to change color, so they would be aged at the same time. The hover links work, but the test doesn't show up on the individual pages in the code, just in the template.

Modifying a Template will not update the pages

I have a template that is having problems to update all the
pages built with the template. When I edit > save > Update
template used in these files, everything looks fine- the updates
log shows that it has updated 12 of 12 pages, BUT, when I check the
pages, they won't have the changes made. Here are some things that
I have being trying:
1. When I created each page based on the template - In the
new document log > page from template, I checked the option
"update page when template changes"
2. I tried changing the area that I edited (Menu Botons) to
repeat region, then to editable region, and so on... But the
problem persist.
3. I chose modify > Templates > Apply Template to
page.... and nothing.
4. I re-read the DW Help, tutorials and watch the adobe
videos on this topic...
If somebody can tell me what I might be doing wrong, I will
appreciate your help

Why are you using the gotoURL behavior on your menu images
instead of an
ordinary hyperlink? In other words, you have this -
<img src="
http://www.prueba.turocpr.com/images/boton_sa_sobreturoc.gif"
name="sobre_turoc" width="195" height="24" vspace="2"
id="Image6"
onclick="MM_goToURL('parent','index.html');return
document.MM_returnValue"
onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image6','','images/boton_sa_sobreturoc2.gif',1)"
onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()" />
and you should have this -
<a href="index.html"
onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image6','','images/boton_sa_sobreturoc2.gif',1)"
onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()"><img
src="
http://www.prueba.turocpr.com/images/boton_sa_sobreturoc.gif"
name="sobre_turoc" width="195" height="24" vspace="2"
id="Image6" /></a>
Anyhow, since you are using IMAGES for the menu buttons it
complicates your
solution a bit, but you can use this method -
Put this in script tags in the head of the document -
function P7_downImage() {
var g7="<imagename>"
var g7url="<pathname>"
if ((g7=MM_findObj(g7))!=null) {g7.src=g7url;}
and this on the <body> tag
onload="P7_downImage()"
Then on each page you would need to make two edits:
Set g7 to the *name* of the button (not the file name but the
HTML name -
e.g., "productsbutt"), and g7url to the pathname to the
button (e.g.,
"images/nav/button3.gif"), and bada bing, bada boom!
There is an excellent tutorial here -
http://www.projectseven.com/support/answers.asp?id=126
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"Pablo163" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Ok, I just uploaded the layout to this address:
>
http://www.prueba.turocpr.com
> You will notice that the menu is in gray color, when
they land in a
> particular
> topic/page, that page button will be in blue: Example:
>
http://www.prueba.turocpr.com/layout2.jpg
I just don't know where and
> how is
> done in the CSS, - Here is the external code, just in
case:
> body {
> background-color: #FFFFFF;
> font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
> font-size: small;
> font-style: normal;
> color: #424242;
> line-height: 20px;
> }
>
> body, td, th {
> color: #424242;
> }
>
> h1, h2, h4 {
> color: #000099;
> font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
> font-style: normal;
> }
>
> h3, h5, h6 {
> color: #000099;
> font-size: small;
> }
>
> a {
> color: #000099;
> }
> a:link {
> }
>
>
>

Template is not updating the rest of the pages

This is odd. I have a template, from which I created all child pages in this website and now want to change the navigation to add a new drop-down menu structure under "cases."
Here's the website: http://ghostsofnewengland.org/
Here's the template: http://ghostsofnewengland.org/Templates/goners.dwt
From the template, you'll see that I have changed some commented-out sections in the code. Then I saved the .dwt file, it did not ask and did not update the rest of the pages in the website.
Normally, I work with templates as a fast way to handle just about any change to navigation and other commonly-available sections on a website. This is the first time I've seen Dreamweaver simply fail to update pages (or even ask) after a template change.
Anyone have a quick way to get Dreamweaver to wake up here?
-Mark Hollis

My advice is to exit DW, reboot, open only your template and make a minor change (add a comment someplace) save and update child pages. If that doesn't work, then give Adobe a call because something isn't right.
Jim

Templates not updating their pages

Hi all,
I created a Dreamweaver template with the main layout of my site with a few editable regions. I also made a few pages from that template, telling Dreamweaver to "update [the] page when [the] template changes". I got some new pages with the non-editable parts grayed out and the editable parts in full color. So far, so good. But when I change something on the template and save it, all of the pages based off of that template do not update with my change. I also cannot manually edit in the change because the region I edited in the template is grayed out, naturally, in the pages based off of the template.
How do I get the template's "child pages", so to speak, to update?
Thanks,
Dylan

Ok, I figured it out. I had a duplicate copy of the template for some reason. One copy had children; the other didn't. I was editing the template with no children. When I deleted the childless template and began editing the correct one, I was presented with a wonderful little dialog box asking if I wanted to update the child pages.
Thanks for all of your help,
Dylan

Changed template not updating closed pages

I running mx2004. changes to my template use to update my
pages but now they have to be open for the change to take effect.
It goes through the process of scanning and sometimes picks up 6 or
7 pages but ingnores the rest (35 pages in all) Any ideas?
cheers

> have to be open for the change to take effect
That has never been a requirement. If you are finding it to
be so, then
something is really wrong.
Here are seven common mistakes that will result in changes
not propagating
from Template to child -
1. Rename the Templates folder
2. Move the Templates folder to some other folder level in
the site other
than root level
3. Move a template out of the Templates folder.
4. Make changes to an editable region of the template (which
will not
propagate)
5. Assume that template changes can be uploaded to the server
without also
uploading the changed local files
6. Corrupt the site cache so that the link between template
and child page
is broken
7, Improperly create your child pages by simply opening the
template,
adding page specific content, and resaving the template with
an *.html
extension rather that its *.dwt extension. (you can tell if
this is the case
by looking at the code on a child page - if you see anything
like <!--
TemplateBeginEditable... then this is what you have done)
The 6th problem can be repaired by using SITE | Advanced >
Recreate Site
Cache, and the six others can be fixed by just not doing
them. Have you
done any of those?
Or, read this -
http://www.adobe.com/go/dd83ba8b
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"speng1234" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I running mx2004. changes to my template use to update my
pages but now
>they
> have to be open for the change to take effect. It goes
through the process
> of
> scanning and sometimes picks up 6 or 7 pages but
ingnores the rest (35
> pages in
> all) Any ideas?
>
> cheers
>

Template with CSS style sheet attached, not updating in pages

It shows when I look at it in a browser but its not updating in page view. Also not updating image links of style sheets.
I am a developer for a long time. I know dreamweaver and how to do this. Its a bug I think. But need need to know what I can do to get this fixed.

webgirlfl wrote:
It shows when I look at it in a browser but its not updating in page view.
Do you mean it's not showing in Design View?
This could be caused by errors in your code. DW's Design View is very unforgiving of even small errors that the browsers handle with ease.
Check your template page against these validators and clean out any errors...
HTML: http://validator.w3.org/
CSS: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Is the css that the template is attached to embedded within the template's <head>, an external .css file or inline css?
Is any of the non-updating css in editable regions?

Modifying a template resulted in all child pages with repeating editable regions - Help !

Good morning,
I have recently been appointed to update a website designed in Dreamweaver by an employee who is no longer here. I have read books on the software and practiced an insane amount which permitted me to update child pages, links, documents etc... however:
I was asked to add a new button to an "non-editable" region of a template. Trying to do so resulted in a massive mess (with massive anxiety).
Even thou the new template had all the same text and editable regions, all my pages look completely different from the template itself. The editable regions appears 2-3 times in different locations ex: Header is showed on the bottom, top etc... and the Editable region titles (EditableRegion1 etc...) repeat themselves as well.
I really need help and not sure what to do, I have tried everything and I am only making it worse and worse. All I want/need is for all my html pages created with this template, match the template.
Please note that this site is local, not online.
Since I noticed on other threads that the code is needed; here it is:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>QMS: AFM</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
<link href="file:///U|/AFM/Dreamweaver/Left sidebar.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body link="#006699" class="twoColElsLtHdr">
<div id="container">
<div id="header">
    <h1><img src="file:///P|/RPS/AFMS/Quality Management System/QMS Site/HTML/Graphics/menubar/pwgsc-e.gif" width="364" height="33" align="left" alt="wordmark" /><img src="file:///P|/RPS/AFMS/Quality Management System/QMS Site/HTML/Graphics/menubar/wordmark_canada.gif" width="83" height="21" align="right" alt="wordmark2" /></h1>
    <p> </p>
    <p><img src="file:///P|/RPS/AFMS/Quality Management System/QMS Site/HTML/Graphics/menubar/AFM QMS banner.jpg" width="709" height="80" alt="banner" border="0"/><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><img src="file:///P|/RPS/AFMS/Quality Management System/QMS Site/HTML/Graphics/menubar/Contactus-e.JPG" width="110" height="21" alt="contactus-e" border="0" /></a><img src="file:///P|/RPS/AFMS/Quality Management System/QMS Site/HTML/Graphics/menubar/French-e.JPG" width="115" height="21" alt="french-e" border="0" /> <a href="file:///P|/RPS/AFMS/Quality Management System/QMS Site/HTML/Continual Improvement/QMSTeamMembers-e.html"><img src="file:///P|/RPS/AFMS/Quality Management System/QMS Site/HTML/Graphics/menubar/Help-e.JPG" width="115" height="21" alt="help-e" border="0" /> <img src="file:///P|/RPS/AFMS/Quality Management System/QMS Site/HTML/Graphics/menubar/Search-e.JPG" width="115" height="21" alt="search-e" border="0" /></a><a href="http://source.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca"><img src="file:///P|/RPS/AFMS/Quality Management System/QMS Site/HTML/Graphics/menubar/thesource.jpg" width="120" height="21" alt="TheSource" border="0" /> <img src="file:///P|/RPS/AFMS/Quality Management System/QMS Site/HTML/Graphics/menubar/Home-e.jpg" width="104" height="21" alt="home-e" border="0" /></a></p>
    <p> </p>
</div>
<div class="twoColElsLtHdr" id="sidebar1">
    <p><a href="../QMS HOME/QMSHome-e.html"><strong>QMS Home</strong></a></p>
    <hr />
    <p><a href="../ABOUTAFM/AboutAFM-e.html"><strong>About AFM</strong></a></p>
<hr />
<p><a href="../AdminProcedures/AdminProcedure-e.html"><strong>Administrative Procedures</strong></a></p>
<hr />
<p><a href="../BusinessUnits/BusinessUnits-e.html"><strong>Business Units</strong></a></p>
<hr />
<p><a href="../POINTSOFINTEREST/pointsofinterest-e.html"><strong>Points Of Interest</strong></a></p>
<hr />
<p><a href="../Achievements/Achievements-e.html"><strong>Achievements</strong></a></p>
<hr />
<p><strong><a href="../MeasuringPerformance/measuringperformance-e.html">Measuring Performance</a></strong></p>
<hr />
<p><a href="../References/references-e.html"><strong>References</strong></a></p>
<hr />
<p><a href="file:///P|/RPS/AFMS/Quality Management System/QMS Site/HTML/ContinualImprovement-e.html"><strong>Continual Improvement</strong> </a></p>
</div>
<div id="mainContent">
    <h2>Header</h2>
    <p>Paragraph</p>
    <h1>Sub Header </h1>
    <p> </p>
    <h1> </h1>
    <h2> </h2>
    <h1> </h1>
    <p> </p>
    <h2> </h2>
    
</div>

       <br class="clearfloat" />
</p>
<div id="footer">
    <hr width="100%" size="8" noshade="noshade" color="#006666" id="color="069"" colour="#069"/>
    <p><strong>Maintainted by: ASQM </strong></p>
    <p><strong>Date Modified: 2013-03-25</strong></p>
    
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</h3>
    
</h3>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</body>
</html>

I am not suprised, the previous employee tried to recreate the English version of the site in another folder structure and did not change all links and was still using a template in the wrong location.
I think I created the mess by trying to modify the existing template's non-editable region in order to add a new button. When trying to update all the pages, the fiasco started.
Do you think the best option would be to create a new template in the correct folder structure and apply it? Would it fix the current pages or will I have to fix them all manualy on by one?
I understand it is difficult to deal with a newbie of my magnitude and thanks again.

My templates can not find their page in Dreamweaver

How do I reroute a template so that it can find the pages that were derived from it..
I have a site that has gotten screwed up somehow and I have to redefine the paths from the templates from to their child pages... the message that
I get when I make a change to a template and it can't find its child page is the following:
Error accessing file
"macintosh_hd:Users:elizabethwallace:Desktop:mtti:mtti:Templates:news.dwt":finel not found (error code -43)
would someone be kind enough to help... thank you so much.
Elizabeth

Before you do any of this, make a backup copy of your site files (not the definition, the folder and files themselves) and preserve them in case anything goes wrong in the process.
First, make sure your site is properly defined and all contained within a site folder.
Then make sure the Templates are all in the Templates folder.
Make sure each page is where you want it to be in your site file structure.
Go into each Template and correct any paths that need tweaking. If your site has been seriously discombobulated (technical term!), you will want to check and fix every link by the Browse for File method or the Point to Link. DO NOT try to type the paths into the Template yourself manually.
Open each page in succession, and re-apply the Template that it should be linked to. You do that in Modify > Templates > Apply Template to Page.
You may have to "assign" copy to editable regions at this step.
When you finish with each Template, test it by making a minor change to the Template and propagating the change to the child pages. Check the child pages to make sure they are updating when the Template is changed.
If everything looks good, it is good. Shake your own hand and pat yourself on the back for retrieving a difficult situation.
If this does not work, post back and we will think about it some more. But it sounds like a reasonable course of action to me.
Beth

Dreamweaver Template files not updating other files

I took over a website and the site uses Dreamweaver Templates. I'm not too familiar with the way that Templates works. Anyway, the nav (links at bottom of website) need to be updated. I updated the secondary.dwt file within the Templates folder. I uploaded it, but it's not updating the pages on the website that use this template file. Please help!

When you update the template from within DW, you should get a dialog asking if you want to update all of the files that use the template. When you click "OK" everything is updated across the site.
If you updated the template outside of the defined site, it won't update anything and you may have a bit of work on your hands.
In DW, you should have a Files tab with a drop down menu. The drop down menu should have all of your defined sites. Choose the site you are working on and a list of the files in that site will appear. Choose the template and make your changes and it will ask if you want to update everything else.

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