Managing Templates in Java

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History panel) However, after you save and close the file you have to reattach the template manually

Use the Assets panel for renaming and deleting any of your existing templates To display the list of templates, click the Templates button along the left margin of the Assets panel (see Figure 2-20)

Should you ever need to rename a template, Dreamweaver can automate the name change across all the files in the managed site To rename a template in the Assets panel, follow these steps:

1 From the Templates listing in the Assets panel, click to select the template name that you want to change

Make sure that the template file you re renaming is not open You can also rename the template from the Files panel

new filename If you accidentally double-click and open the template for editing, try the single-click, pause, single-click method again on the template filename

At the end of a project, you may need to delete a template file that wasn t used on the site:

1 From the templates listing in the Assets panel, click to select the template that you want to delete

After clicking the button, you re prompted to confirm the deletion When deleting files, remember that once they re gone, your files are gone for good If you think you may need the file in the future, make a backup of the entire managed site before making the deletion Documents based on a deleted template do not get automatically detached from it; rather, they keep their existing format, including editable regions If you need to, you can convert template-based files into regular HTML files by choosing Modify Templates Detach from Template

Creating library items Managing and editing library items Creating server-side includes (SSIs) Inserting and editing SSIs

reamweaver provides you with two different ways of creating reusable assets for your Web pages: library items and server-side includes You can add both to documents, templates, and template-based pages, and both can contain any content that normally goes in the body of the page Here s a closer look at the two methods: Library items: These special files contain content of your choice that you can insert onto multiple Web pages, yet manage the contents of in one location Once inserted on a page, the library item content gets hard-coded into the HTML surrounded by special Dreamweaver library item comment tags Any time you edit the library item s contents, all the pages that contain the library files are automatically updated Library items are great for subnavigation tables, copyright notices, and other common page elements that need frequent editing Server-side include (SSI) files: Like library items, SSIs are special files containing specific content that you can add to multiple Web pages and update in one centralized location The main difference from library items, however, is that SSI content isn t hard-coded into the HTML file it s inserted into; instead, SSI files are saved as external HTML files and are then linked similar to CSS to a file When the page is viewed in a browser, the browser finds the external SSI file and displays that content as if it were naturally coded into the page Use SSIs for sections of Web pages that need frequent or constant editing on larger Web sites, such as a navigation item, daily menu, or class schedule This chapter shows you how to create, use, and edit library items and server-side includes

If you re familiar with Dreamweaver s templates (discussed in Book III, 2), library items work in a similar way Whereas templates are the master documents from which you create new documents, library items are simply master page elements (such as navigation menus, tables, and images) containing whatever content you desire You can use them as many times as you want without the need for rewriting the code each time Library items are typically placed inside templates or used as stand-alone master elements in regular or template-based pages To understand more plainly how library items work, think of the original/ duplicate relationship of a rubber stamp Your rubber stamp has the original design, and when you ink it up, you can stamp it to make as many copies of that stamp s design as you like Similarly, with library items you create the original library item, save it, and then insert a copy of it when and where you need it on your Web pages