Template updates won't affect child pages

I have deleted a broken navbar (with spry menu) on my template that won't leave the child pages. I have repeatedly gone to Modify -> Library -> Update Pages, but the child pages still show the broken navbar.
Most of them, anyway. I haven't checked all 50+ pages, but I did find a few that updated properly and no longer have the defective navbar. The majority, though, won't drop it.
How can I rid my pages of this?! The navbar is (was?) in a non-editable region, so I can't go into the child pages to delete it. And there's nothing left to edit from the template -- I've deleted all the offending code, so there's nothing there to even check.

Thank you, Murray. Somehow, I resolved the problem. Not sure what I did to correct it, or what I did to muck it up in the first place. But in the end, I was able to free up all but one of the pages. So I just copied the content and built a new page.
Thanks again.

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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']);
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</head>
<body>
<div id="wrap">
<div id="header">
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</div>

<div id="menu">
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    <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Providers</a>
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        <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>
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    <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>
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        <li><a href="Nurses_MyChildrens.html">MyChildren's</a></li>
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        <li><a href="Therapists.html">Therapists</a></li>
        <li><a href="Ancillaries.html">Ancillaries</a>        </li>
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<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>
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               <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>
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<div id="content02">
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      <thead>
        <tr>
          <th width="169" >Category</th>
          <th width="554">Topic
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<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>
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        <li><a href="Providers_MyChildrens.html">MyChildren's</a></li>
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        <li><a href="Therapists.html">Therapists</a></li>
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<li><a href="ClinicalSupport_FinancialServ.html">Pt Financial Services</a></li>
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          <th width="555">Topic
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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?

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When I now make a change to the template, I save the template and it automatically saves and opens a box to select pages to update. I do NOT have to use the Updates feature on the top menus, but I have done that too just to try different things. When I select all the files, it updates them all, most of them correctly. BUT, one or several of them will have a NEW Main Content (and sometimes header) superimposed on top of the existing Main Content (or header). It shifts the page downward and to the right. By the way, down below the screwed section, the content is all still there and the original template is still intact under the screwed up area.
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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.
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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?
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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 -
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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

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
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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?
Nancy O.
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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?
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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.
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Is the Spry menu in an editable region? A 20-page site is ideal for Templates.....
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)
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Updating the template's (child) pages on the server - Mac - CS6

Folks,
I'm updating my template. When I save this updated template, all the child pages on my computer will automatically update. To then update the pages on the server, is there any short cut? Do I have to load each child page individually?

You have to upload all the child pages. If you're updating the entire site, just click on the site folder in your Files Panel window (F8) and click the UP arrow to PUT site files to server.
Nancy O.

Updating child pages from a template in CS4

I built a site that uses one template. Everything was going along fine I'd make a change to the template and I was able to update all the child pages. I made changes to the template yesterday and nothing updates. I try using the update the site... I choose the files that use and the one template I have and none of the pages update. I've tries re-saving the template file as a template and still nothing updates.
It has never immediately done an automatic update to the pages. It always seems to be a while before the update these pages pallette comes up. And again sometimes it will update all the pages, but most of the time not.
I've done a search of the discussions to see if I could find a solution, before I posted this. The ones I found do not have a solution that works for me.
So does anyone know what to do?
On a related issue... I usually create a page save the page to the site folder and then apply the template. I have tried to create the page from the template, but the graphic in the background of the container div doesn't show up. I usually have to then apply the template to the newly created page to get that to show up. So what's up with this?
Thank you!
Nina

On a related issue... I usually create a page save the page to the site folder and then apply the template. I have tried to create the page from the template, but the graphic in the background of the container div doesn't show up. I usually have to then apply the template to the newly created page to get that to show up. So what's up with this?
Try saving the page to the site after creating it, even though the graphic doesn't show up. It should appear when you save it.
Just for drill, here is my "Seven Common Mistakes" post - do any of these cover your situation?
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 thanits *.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 DW) 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

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
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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
>
>

Why does updated template not affecting other pages?

I changed the organization's address on the template's footer section and clicked "apply template to pages" under "modity-->template". This should change the address in other pages. But it had no effect. What didn't I do right?

Just to verify, you're talking about your local files, right? Templates do nothing on a server is the reason I ask.
Simply saving a change to a .dwt template will update any child page that was created using it. You shouldn't need to go into any menu to make the child pages update.
My guess would be that the template .dwt has been moved out of the DW generated Templates folder in your local site root.

Templates and child pages

Im working on building my first website in dreamweaver (new at this), i was working on this at school but decided to continue at home so i emailed my root folder to my computer at at home. when i opened my template page and changed it, it does not update all my child pages! what am i doing wrong?

Did you define a local site folder in DW?
Templates won't work if your site isn't defined.
Nancy O.

Template updates won't affect child pages

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