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HTML, CSS, and JavaScript® Mobile Development For Dummies®
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HTML, CSS, and JavaScript® Mobile Development For Dummies®

by William Harrel
September 2011
Beginner to intermediate
452 pages
10h 52m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 8

Using Templates

In this Chapter

arrow Maintaining consistency by using templates

arrow Saving time and money with templates

arrow Understanding the benefits of premade third-party templates

arrow Using Dreamweaver templates

arrow Working with server-side templates

If you've been using a computer for more than ten minutes, you know what a template is, right? Microsoft Word, for example, comes with templates for creating everything from casual letters to legal briefs. Typically, a template is an empty document shell with a set of premade styles, or style sheets, that specify formatting of the content.

Although XHTML templates are similar in concept, they differ greatly in practice. For example, unlike your typical Word template (which you open, add content to, and then save as a document file), XHTML templates — especially those formatted with CSS — often consist of several different files. It's not uncommon, for instance, for one web page to reference two or more CSS files. Web pages can also rely on ...

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