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Using Dreamweaver Templates
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Choose Modify
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➪ Templates and select the name of your editable region from the
dynamic list.
If all your editable regions are separate cells in a table, you can tab forward and
Shift+Tab backward through the cells. With each press of the Tab key, all the content in
the cell is selected, whether it is an editable region name or a placeholder.
Naturally, you should save your document to retain all the new content that’s been added.
Behaviors can be added without any additional coding or workarounds to links within edit-
able regions. You cannot, however, add a behavior to text or an image in a locked region.
Converting a Page to a Template
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n this Dreamweaver Technique, you convert an existing page to a template and apply editable regions to
several page elements.
1. From the Techniques site, expand the 25_Template folder and open the template_start file.
2. Choose File ➪ Save as Template.
3. In the Save As Template dialog box, enter house_listing in the Save As field and click Save.
4. When the Update Links dialog box appears, click Yes.
5. Dreamweaver stores the new file in the Templates folder as house_listing.dwt. Notice that
the term <<Template>> is now visible in the Dreamweaver title bar. The next task is to begin add-
ing editable regions to the template. Select the text A Real Steal by dragging across it with your
mouse.
6. Because you ...