When I update my template my other pages aren't updating

Why are my pages not updating when I update my
template?

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 can be uploaded 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)
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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> Why are my pages not updating when I update my template?

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Here's my stock answer for this question -
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> 1. I cannot see my text once I apply the template to the
text html page.
> Shouldn't the "editable region" still be editable even
when the template
> is
> applied. How can I edit the html in the future (Not the
main template) if
> I
> can't see it.
Sure editable regions should be editable. If you can't see
your content,
then something is wrong with your method or your code or
both.
> 2. The template appearance looks correct when previewed,
but when I apply
> the
> template to the page, the "editable area" text or
pictures all shifts down
> quite a bit when previewed.
We'd need to see the page to comment on this.
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"gtp08" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I think I almost got it. I cteated the page and put in an
editable region
>and
> saved as temples. I open a new html page and create my
content, and then
> apply
> the template. Two things happen:
>
> 1. I cannot see my text once I apply the template to the
text html page.
> Shouldn't the "editable region" still be editable even
when the template
> is
> applied. How can I edit the html in the future (Not the
main template) if
> I
> can't see it.
>
> 2. The template appearance looks correct when previewed,
but when I apply
> the
> template to the page, the "editable area" text or
pictures all shifts down
> quite a bit when previewed.
>
> Any suggestions
>

I have just updated to Pages 5.1 and now the templares which I have saved do not displat the header and footer which they were saved with in the previous version. How can I have the header and footer included when I open a template?

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Here are my steps I've taken:
1. Created a page called index.html
2. Made an editable region called "main content" using Insert>Template Objects>Editable Region
3. Created a folder called templates in the root directory
4. File>Save as Template and called it home.html (for testing so I don't mess up my working index.html page)
5. File>New>Page from Template and selected my template.dwt file
6. Added content to the page.
7. File>Save As company-history.html
8. Upload index.html, home.html and company-info.html to the server.
Everything works like it is supposed to.
9. Open template.dwt and make a change.
10. Save page and DW updates the home.html and company-info.html pages
11. Upload to server
12. Flash image on those two pages stop working
Here are the links to my pages
Index - Working properly
Home - (made from template) Flash not working
Company Info - Flash not working (made from template) Flash not working
Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

Oh, I see you did. So in the template file, make this -
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','900','height','256','title','Main Flash Slideshow','src','../images/Main-Flash-Slideshow','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','../images/Main-Flash-Slideshow' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="900" height="256" title="Main Flash Slideshow">
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I changed the organization's address on the template's footer section and clicked "apply template to pages" under "modity-->template". This should change the address in other pages. But it had no effect. What didn't I do right?

Just to verify, you're talking about your local files, right? Templates do nothing on a server is the reason I ask.
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