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

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Any way to turn off errors when updating pages from the template?

I'm using Dreamweaver MX. My site is huge. It's an intranet
spanning dozens of departments. Some of those departments have
subsites that don't fall under the intranet's control, although
they are embedded within our site's folder structure. When I make a
change to the template and update pages, every time I hit one of
those subsites I get tons of errors, from "template not found" to
"unmatched body tag". The errors that pop up each have to be
clicked on before the updating can continue. I get hundreds of
these.
Is there any way to make errors not pop up while updating
pages from the template? Or even to exclude certain folders from
being checked? (Cloaking doesn't do it.)

> I'm using Dreamweaver MX. My site is huge.
Both of these are problems, I'm afraid. Combining that with
templates is
really trouble.
> "unmatched body tag".
Errors such as this are definitely caused by errors in your
page itself.
Can you show me a page where you would get this?
> Is there any way to make errors not pop up while
updating pages from the
> template? Or even to exclude certain folders from being
checked? (Cloaking
> doesn't do it.)
Valid code will not produce these errors. Unfortunately, the
only way to
avoid them is to remove any validation hiccups from your
pages.
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> I'm using Dreamweaver MX. My site is huge. It's an
intranet spanning
> dozens of
> departments. Some of those departments have subsites
that don't fall under
> the
> intranet's control, although they are embedded within
our site's folder
> structure. When I make a change to the template and
update pages, every
> time I
> hit one of those subsites I get tons of errors, from
"template not found"
> to
> "unmatched body tag". The errors that pop up each have
to be clicked on
> before
> the updating can continue. I get hundreds of these.
>
> Is there any way to make errors not pop up while
updating pages from the
> template? Or even to exclude certain folders from being
checked? (Cloaking
> doesn't do it.)
>

HELP with Problem creating a page from a template Suggestions PLS.

Nadia was kind enough to give me step by step in creating a template the right way.
Problem is why won't it work?
1) I create a page exactily like I want the templete to look.
2) I save the child page as a template.
3) I go to FILE>NEW>Page from template, look at the template on the insert on the right and it is just as I would expect it to be. The update is checked on change. I say ok and what appears on screen is I have lost all my formatting. When I look at the code, creating a page from the template causes the process to change the location of (for instance) the background image gif file from ...images/background.gif to the full location name starting the string at the C:/ all the way to ...background.gif. Therefore, the created page from the template loses all of its formatting.
How do I fix this problem????

Okay, here I go again with this problem step by step.
1) Created a basic page that has a header, body and footer: www.goodimage.com and saved it as maintemp.html .
2) I saved maintemp.html in the normal place where all the html are stored because as I was creating the template it told me I needed to save the page I was working on. So I decided to store it as an html until as it was layed out. Then I went to FILE/SAVE AS TEMPLATE storing it as maintemp.dwt.
3) Then I created an edItable area called BODY.
4) Then I did a FILE/SAVE AS TEMPLATE or tried to. As part of this process it wants to know if I want to UPDATE LINKS. If I do then the links will reference the template folder (but it is the DW default - hmmm what do I do) When in doubt take the default. So I did.
5) So now I have a nice looking template called maintemp.dwt with one editablel region. So I feel pretty good until I suspect the next problem I have been fighting all along will appear. I select FILE/NEW PAGE FROM TEMPLATE and I see goodimage site, and my template called maintemp and a nice picture of it on the right screen part. Also update page when template changes is checked. Then I select to do the action.
6) Upcomes an unformatted screen caused by the links not being correct. I save the page as index.html to see if it will correct itself. I does not correct itself. So the index.html page is not formatted even after I closed down DW to see if that would help. It didn't. So I could go in and manually update the page but what a mess that would be.
7) So I will go back to create a page from the maintemp.html with the UPDATE LINKS turned off. Using maintemp.html to create a template just like in step 2). When UPDATE LINKS is not selected then the template falls apart and is unusable.
I HAVE WASTE ABOUT THREE DAYS ON THIS ONE PROBLEM AND I HAVE BUT A FEW MORE HOURS TO GET IT DONE. ONCE THIS WORKS IT WILL GO FAST. I AM TIRED OF BEING TIRED BUT MAYBE THAT IS CAUSING MY PROBLEM. ANYWAY, PLEASE HELP AS I AM AT A LOSE.
HLOWER

A page from a template doesn't inherit a background image.

I created a template and gave it a background image, tested in the browser, and it worked fine. Then I made a page from that template and it simply didn't show the background image, even though all the other components showed up properly. Any ideas as to what the problem may be?

Some things to check:
1) Did you define a local site folder in DW before starting your project?
2) When you made a page from the Template, did you use File > New > Page from Template?
3) Is your background image saved for the web as RBG and not CMYK?
4) In your CSS code, what is the path to your background image?
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Use pages from other templates...not just the one you chose.

Is there a way to choose a page from another template besides the one I started with. For example if I choose the "School Report" template, but want to also use a page from the "Lesson Plan" template, how can I do this. If you click add new page, it only gives you the initial template pages. I tried opening a new template and copying and pasting the page I wanted, but it does not work.

My guess is that it's because the objects are floating ones.
If you switch them as inline one, you will be able to copy the page, sometimes after inserting section breaks.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 10 février 2009 21:19:34)

Editable regions in templates. How do I edit the CSS in a new page from the template?

I am new to Dreamweaver and Web design. I have made a template and have two editable regions they work fine. When I create a page from this template, I can't edit the CSS. What do I need to do to edit the div tags that are specific to the editable regions? Thank you, I appreciate any help I am just about to give up with templates.

Hi, thank you here is my code. Maybe I am trying to do too much advanced stuff to soon!
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<title>Untitled Document</title>

<link href="file:///C|/Users/Roxane/Desktop/Brown County Indiana/images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon"/>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="file:///C|/Users/Roxane/Desktop/brown county indiana/scripts/automanualslideshow.js"></script>
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#container {
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    margin-left: auto;
#header {
    height: 80px;
    width: 100%;
    background-color: #222;/*Some browsers will not recognize RGBA colors*/
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.jld_logo {
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    width: 100%;
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    margin-left: 0px;
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    padding-right: 0px;
    left: 0px;
    color: #FFF;
    background: rgb(192,0,0); /* Old browsers */
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    color: #FFF;
    background-color: #222;/*Some browsers will not recognize RGBA colors*/
    background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.6);/*RGBA fourth value for opacity, if there are two rules that apply to the same element, the latter of the two takes priority.*/
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    font-variant: normal;
    text-transform: uppercase;
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    font-family: eurofurence, "eurofurence light", tahoma, sans-serif;
    color: #FFF;
    text-decoration: none;
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    text-align: left;
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    background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
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    color: #FFF;
    font-family: eurofurence, "eurofurence light", tahoma, sans-serif;
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Layout issues when creating page from valid template

Hi,
I have a built a page from which I have created a template. Both page and template render perfectly in Live and Design view. Both preview in FF, Safari and IE with no problem.
However, when I create a new page from the template, in Design View the page layout is pretty messed up. Lots of divs are wrapping and it appears that a clearing div is being ignored. In Live View, the page created from the template looks perfectly fine.
So to me it appears DW is doing rendering a page created from a template differently. The HTML is valid markup and it is this one edge case that we're fighting right now. DW bug?
To summarize:
- Source page looks good in Live and Design View
- Template created from source looks good in Live and Design View
- A New Page created from Template looks good in Live View, messed up in Design View.
- Source, Template and New Page all render correctly in FF, Safari and IE.
Can anyone suggest a solution or even the next debugging steps?
Regards,
Nobby

Hi there,
I have uploaded the site as-is to a temp location:
http://www.lakemeadowsopen.com/biglever
The homepage is rendering no problem. The template in question can be found at:
http://www.lakemeadowsopen.com/biglever/Templates
and the name of the template is overview.dwt
Thanks.

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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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
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> Web Design and Marketing
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http://www.PetersonSales.com
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>

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

Trouble with updating child pages in dreamweaver cs4

Hello,
I have added some advertising links to my template page in Dreamweaver CS4 and it doesn't update my child pages for some reason. I have saved the template and synchronized the sitewide as normal but it isn't updating them. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
thx
kim

Yes it has worked in the past.
Not if you made those changes to an editable region in the template it didn't. Changes made to a template page ONLY propagate to child pages if they have been made to non-editable regions. Changes to editable regions of a template page will ONLY appear in child pages created from the template after the changes have been made, and will not propagate to existing child pages.
so does that mean if I add content to editable region I will have to manually put it on each page
Yes it means exactly that.
Can I change the editable region to a non editable region
You can do that by removing the editable region from the template. Of course when you do that, all unique content appearing in those regions on your child pages will also be removed.
The moral to the story is to make sure that your template is designed properly (vis-a-vis editable regions) so that all of your needs are accommodated.

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?
Nancy O.
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Template not updating child pages {subject edited by moderator}

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!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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?

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.

Page from a Template - Nav Bars Not Coming Across

Have Dreamweaver CS4 on XP
I have a template that has an absolute placed div for the
header box...and just below that a 50 pixel absolute placement div
to hold the navigation bar.
The nav bars have 8 different buttons and several sub menus.
They look fine and work fine on the template and they preview in
firefox fine. In the template the header and the nav bars are not
write enabled...but the AP div for site content is write enabled in
the copy pages.
Here is the WEIRD behavior is CS4. In my first child copy
page of the template...I can NOT see the nav bar...but if I upload
it to the server and look at it there...the nav bar is visible. The
nav bar has 2 java scripts that have to be loaded in the root...and
they are there.
In the second page I made...the nav bar is NOT visible, it
does not preview, and it does not show up when I call it from the
server.
Whats UP with Dreamweaver or Me? I have had soo much funky
behavior with templates and resulting pages.
Can someone help figure this out with me. Some post talked
about making the z value of the nav bar be 1100 or 1300 because of
some IE problem...so I did that trying to avoid problems with the z
value being off.
Thanks for your help
Suzzie

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"suzzie12" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Have Dreamweaver CS4 on XP
>
> I have a template that has an absolute placed div for
the header box...and
> just below that a 50 pixel absolute placement div to
hold the navigation
> bar.
>
> The nav bars have 8 different buttons and several sub
menus. They look
> fine
> and work fine on the template and they preview in
firefox fine. In the
> template
> the header and the nav bars are not write enabled...but
the AP div for
> site
> content is write enabled in the copy pages.
>
> Here is the WEIRD behavior is CS4. In my first child
copy page of the
> template...I can NOT see the nav bar...but if I upload
it to the server
> and
> look at it there...the nav bar is visible. The nav bar
has 2 java scripts
> that
> have to be loaded in the root...and they are there.
>
> In the second page I made...the nav bar is NOT visible,
it does not
> preview,
> and it does not show up when I call it from the server.
>
> Whats UP with Dreamweaver or Me? I have had soo much
funky behavior with
> templates and resulting pages.
>
> Can someone help figure this out with me. Some post
talked about making
> the z
> value of the nav bar be 1100 or 1300 because of some IE
problem...so I did
> that
> trying to avoid problems with the z value being off.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Suzzie
>
>
>

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