Templates - CS4

Hi
I only seem to have (lots of!) templates for advertising. In previous versions there were quite a few more.
I installed from the full master Collection, & as far as I can remember, I just hit default & let it do its stuff. Should other templates have been installed by default - if yes (or if I should have selected an advanced install & selected them at the time) - do I have to reinstall the lot, or can I do it selectively??
Emma

Because you are using an element with all the same ID (div id="main"), you will want change that to make the ID the Editable Attribute. That way, you can define the ID in the page itself (Modify > Template Properties...) and indicate the background-image in your external stylesheet.
Here's a link for creating Editable Attributes: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/dreamweaver/cs/using/WScbb6b82af5544594822510a94ae8d65-7aa3a.h tml
This affords you off-page control (except for editing the ID on pages), an ideal situation with a Templated site.
On the pages, define your ids, set up following the instructions referenced above:
id="horsepage"
id="cowpage"
In the stylesheet, define your background-images:
#horsepage {background-image: url( your horses image path here );
#cowpage {background-image: url( your cows image path here );
Beth

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here
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I downloaded a dreamweaver template and had edited the look
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We have no idea what might have happened from your
description, or even
whether the two incidents are even remotely related. Please
show us the
template page as a start. The best way to do this would be to
upload it
somewhere and post a link to it.
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I do remember them being part of an earlier version maybe MX. Did some checking around as I was under the assumption they were part of CS4 due to some diagrams found on pages 264-265 of "Flash CS4: The Missing Manual". The bottom line is it is now listed in their Errata.

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