Updating Spry menus child pages

Hi guys hope you can help me with this one.
Ive created a template for my website with a spry menu on it with all the link just set # so I could get the template set up.
Now Ive started to create child pages so I wanted to update the template with the links on the spry menu so on the first one I typed in link box the page I wanted it to go to. Saved the template and updated the child pages.
It came up with:
Files scanned: 5
Files Updated: 0
And low and behold on the child pages the link on the spry menu hadn't been updated with the file path.
I have been following the Adobe classroom in a book for CS5 so have created a seperate .css file for all my css styles as it directs you to do in the book.
Can anyone tell me what im doing wrong??

Hi leonmate,
Kindly check the video in the following link:
Adobe Muse Mega Menu Dropdown Widget | MuseThemes.com
Kindly let me know if it is something else that you are looking for.
Regards
Sonam

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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.
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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).
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I 've done nothing to detach the pages from template, ever. Why it stoped the updating of child file?
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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?
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.
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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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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.

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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.
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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.

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