Templates: Updating Pages Based on a Template

Dreamweaver allows you to make changes the the entire site based on a template. After changes are made to locked regions in a template, you have the option of updating these regions in all pages based on the template. This option is useful when making changes to a page header or any element that appears identically on every page.

  1. Open the template to which you want to make changes

  2. In the locked regions, make the desired changes
    NOTE: Only locked (ineditable) regions can be updated site-wide.

  3. From the File menu, select Save

  4. If this is the first site-wide change since you opened Dreamweaver, a dialog box appears asking you if you would like to update all pages based on the template.
    1. Click Yes. Dreamweaver scans all files in the site. The Update Pages dialog box appears, giving a summary of the update.



    2. Click Close

    If this is not the first site-wide change since you opened Dreamweaver, the Update Template Files dialog box appears and displays a list of all pages that will be updated.
    1. Click Update. The Update Pages dialog box appears giving a summary of the update.
    2. Click Close

More tutorials on Using Templates:
Creating Templates
Apply Templates
Template Overview