Using Dreamweaver Templates

I'm trying to set up a portion of our site using Dreamweaver
CS3 so that I can allow others to edit it with Contribute. I've
created and applied the template to the pages. One of the things
that needs to be included in the template is a virtual include,
i.e. . For
some reason, it will look fine in the template, but when I update
the pages, it changes it to an absolute link to the C drive, i.e.
.
Tried changing it to use the actual url, i.e. . This returns an error in the page when it is viewed, i.e.
[an error occurred while processing this directive].
How do I fix this so that it works?! Is this a bug or am I
doing something wrong? Are there other ways to do this that I am
not thinking of? Any help figuring this out is appreciated.

By the way, that is improper syntax for a virtual include. It
would have to
be -

(assuming this is the correct root relative path)
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"Alan" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>
>
>> One of the things that needs to be included in the
template is a
>> virtual include, i.e. 
>
> Is this include within your defined site's Local Site
folder?
>
> In other words- Is your site defined to the root of the
domain, or to a
> subfolder of the domain, and quicksearch.html is at the
root?
>
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news:eviqn8$ntm$[email protected]..
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have been given an exisiting website to update that
uses Dreamweaver
> templates.
>
> I have made the changes successfully within the
content.dwt file, saved
> it,
> and then uploaded both the new content.dwt file and the
related *.htm
> pages
> that were linked to it.
>
> After going to the website to double check the new pages
I found a *.php
> file
> that uses the same template, content.dwt, but it never
asked to update
> that
> particular file.
>
> So, I opened the *.php file in Dreamweaver and tried to
apply changes from
> the
> content.dwt file to it using: Templates - Update current
page, but no such
> luck. Since there is no code at the start of this file
like the other
> *.htm
> files how do I "connect" it with the newly updated
template. I tried
> making a
> small change on the content.dwt file so see what files
would come up in
> the "do
> you wish to update..." list but for some reason the
*.php file is not
> there.
>
> Perhaps the answer is fairly obvious to someone who has
worked with
> Templates
> a lot but since I have just started working with
templates I still have a
> large
> knowledge gap in this area.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Mr Zedd
>

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or

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>> 
>>
>> And I get the following error when saving the
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>>
>> Unbalanced body tag
>>
>> I have checked and I definetly have opening and
closing body tags in the
>> HTML.
>
> Is the include file JUST the html that would be correct
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> it
> is used in the main file?
>
> In other words- included files should not be complete
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head and body tags
> in
> the assembled files.
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> Hello everyone,
>
> I have been given an exisiting website to update that
uses Dreamweaver
> templates.
>
> I have made the changes successfully within the
content.dwt file, saved
> it,
> and then uploaded both the new content.dwt file and the
related *.htm
> pages
> that were linked to it.
>
> After going to the website to double check the new pages
I found a *.php
> file
> that uses the same template, content.dwt, but it never
asked to update
> that
> particular file.
>
> So, I opened the *.php file in Dreamweaver and tried to
apply changes from
> the
> content.dwt file to it using: Templates - Update current
page, but no such
> luck. Since there is no code at the start of this file
like the other
> *.htm
> files how do I "connect" it with the newly updated
template. I tried
> making a
> small change on the content.dwt file so see what files
would come up in
> the "do
> you wish to update..." list but for some reason the
*.php file is not
> there.
>
> Perhaps the answer is fairly obvious to someone who has
worked with
> Templates
> a lot but since I have just started working with
templates I still have a
> large
> knowledge gap in this area.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Mr Zedd
>

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Can you post a link to the PHP page, please? This will allow
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"Mr Zedd" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:eviqn8$ntm$[email protected]..
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have been given an exisiting website to update that
uses Dreamweaver
> templates.
>
> I have made the changes successfully within the
content.dwt file, saved
> it,
> and then uploaded both the new content.dwt file and the
related *.htm
> pages
> that were linked to it.
>
> After going to the website to double check the new pages
I found a *.php
> file
> that uses the same template, content.dwt, but it never
asked to update
> that
> particular file.
>
> So, I opened the *.php file in Dreamweaver and tried to
apply changes from
> the
> content.dwt file to it using: Templates - Update current
page, but no such
> luck. Since there is no code at the start of this file
like the other
> *.htm
> files how do I "connect" it with the newly updated
template. I tried
> making a
> small change on the content.dwt file so see what files
would come up in
> the "do
> you wish to update..." list but for some reason the
*.php file is not
> there.
>
> Perhaps the answer is fairly obvious to someone who has
worked with
> Templates
> a lot but since I have just started working with
templates I still have a
> large
> knowledge gap in this area.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Mr Zedd
>

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