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Modifying a Site’s Dynamic Web Template

All of the templates that are provided by Expression Web use a Dynamic Web Template. There’s a reason: it’s virtually a necessity for today’s Web site designer to use some sort of templating system, whether it’s an ASP.NET master page arrangement, a Dynamic Web Template, or some other form of server-side template. Prior to the arrival of Expression Web, Web editing software used proprietary themes, shared borders, and all kinds of convoluted mechanisms to control page layout and presentation across a Web site. The Dynamic Web Template capabilities that are available through Expression Web are still a "save time" feature, because the templating takes place on your local computer before your site is published ...