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Using Dreamweaver Templates
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The Assets panel’s context menu offers all these options and more, as explained in Table 28-3.
TABLE 28-3
Template Category Context Menu
Command Description
Refresh Site List Displays the list of all templates currently in the site cache.
Recreate Site List Reloads the template site list into the cache.
New Template Starts a new blank template.
Edit Opens the selected template for modifying.
Apply Creates a document derived from the currently selected template if the current document
is blank. If the current document is based on a template, this option changes the locked
regions of the document to match the selected template. The same effects can also be
achieved by dragging the template from the Assets panel to the current document.
Rename Renames the selected template.
Delete Removes the selected template.
Update Current
Page
Applies any changes made in the template to the current page, if the current page is
derived from a template.
Update Site Applies any changes made in any templates to all template-based documents in the site.
Copy to Site Copies the highlighted template, but none of the dependent files, to the selected site.
Locate in Site Opens the Site panel and highlights the selected template.
Creating a blank template
Not all templates are created from existing documents. Some Web designers prefer to create their
templates from scratch. To create ...