Using templates properly can be a tremendous timesaver.
Moreover, a template ensures that your Web site has a consistent look and feel,
which, in turn, generally means that it??™s easier for users to navigate.
In Dreamweaver, you can produce new documents from a standard design saved
as a template, just as you do in a word processing program. Furthermore, you
can alter a template and update all the files that were created from it earlier; this
capability extends the power of the repeating element Libraries to overall page
design. Templates also form the bridge to one of the key technologies shaping the
Web??”Extensible Markup Language (XML).
Dreamweaver makes it easy to access all kinds of templates??”everything from
your own creations to the default blank page. This chapter demonstrates the
mechanism behind Dreamweaver templates and shows you strategies for getting
the most out of them.
Understanding Templates
Templates exist in many forms. Furniture makers use master patterns as templates
to create the same basic design repeatedly, using new wood stains or
upholstery to differentiate the final product. A stencil, in which the inside of a
letter, word, or design is cut out, is a type of template as well. With computers,
templates form the basic document into which specific details are added to create
new, distinct documents.
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