Class this week - download this file and get goin' with Templates!

Hi gang - for those of you who missed class, or didn't have a way to save the files we worked with - you can download them here:

http://www.twinlizards.com/site_fun.zip

In there you'll find a folder called "Templates" - this contains BRIT.dwt (dreamwaever template) (You'll also see the source file, nav.png, that I created in Fireworks and subsequently exported as HTml with image - thos are also included in the folder if you'd like to have a look at how the header table is composed.)

Then create a new site in Dreamweaver as we did in Week 3 - then choose New from the File menu - and then "from Template" - then locate your template. And then create it and Bob's your uncle!

You may need to save the template into the local folder you created for your site - if you do, make sure to just put the whole Templates folder in there.

Then you'll have a nifty Dreamweaver template to base the rest of your site on. This one is about the Revolution - and yes, Menifesto is misspelled - DOH! But you get the picture.

in class I asked that everyoen create several pages from this tempalte and name them corresponding to the navigation buttons on the template - so, HOME would be index.htm, About is about.htm, Manifesto is menifesto.htm, etc. Then save those files. Make some changes on the template - and then save them. The Template askes you if you wish to update the files that are attached - yes you do! And then see how your created files are now updated with the changes you made to the template.

Voila!

You may also find this of great interest:

http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/dreamweaver/articles/dw_templates.html

It's a good article at Macromedia on using templates in Dreamweaver. Let me know if you have any questions;

Email me here.