Trouble with dreamweaver templates

Question

I am modifying a site which is stored remotely.
I'm having no problem working with the site generally (I've
been uploading test pages and they run fine, can download pages
onto the local machine etc), but when I try to use a template to
design a page I run into problems in that I can't access the
templates remotely.
When I go to file->new->Templates I can access local
templates and use them fine, but I can't get to the remote
templates (they aren't listed). Of course, if I use the locally
stored templates then the sites have all the links relative to the
template on the local machine.
Any help would be great
Cheers,
Adam

Answer 1

> How do I use these templates?
Download them to your local site, and use them locally.
> <img src="../../image1.jpg">
A template can never contain a link like this. Since all
templates must be
in the Templates folder, and the Templates folder is in the
root of the
site, all links in a template MUST be like this -
<img src="../image1.jpg....
or like this -
<img src="/image1.jpg....
or occasionally (and rarely) like this -
<img src="image1.jpg....
That's your only options.
> <img src="file:///C|/My%20Documents/image1.jpb>
That means you have neither properly defined your site, nor
properly placed
the template file into the Templates folder (and it probably
means you
haven't read the F1 Help pages about templates, too).
> And the link stays like that above, even when I upload
it to the server
> (which
> means the website only displays properly on my computer)
Templates only have local action, as you have been told. They
only work
INSIDE DW, on your local files, which must then be uploaded
to the server
once they have been changed. There is never a need to upload
the template
files (the *.dwt files) themselves, other than to share them
with someone.
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"Adam560" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Ok, I'll rephrase and see if it makes more sense. I'm
modifying my
> companies
> website, but our website is hosted by someone else.
>
> I have remote access to their server and can upload
pages etc. but want to
> use
> templates to create new pages (there are templates on
the server where the
> site
> is hosted). How do I use these templates?
>
> If I place them on my computer all links become relative
to the templates
> location on my computer. So the template contains the
code:
>
> <img src="../../image1.jpg">
>
> And if I use the template on the local machine that link
becomes:
>
> <img src="file:///C|/My%20Documents/image1.jpb>
>
> And the link stays like that above, even when I upload
it to the server
> (which
> means the website only displays properly on my computer)
>
> However, if I don't place the template on my computer I
can't use it.
>
> Does that make more sense, or is it still nonsense?
>
> Adam
>