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Dreamweaver Templates - Page 11
Instructor: Rob Higgins

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Applying a template to an existing document

When you apply a template to a document which contains existing content, Dreamweaver attempts to match the existing content to a region in the template. If you are applying a revised version of one of your existing templates, the names are likely to match.

Dreamweaver compares the names of the editable regions in the document to the names of the editable regions in the new template; for each region name that matches, Dreamweaver places the existing contents of that region into the new region with the same name.

If you apply a template to a document that hasn’t had a template applied to it, there are no editable regions to compare and a mismatch occurs.

Dreamweaver tracks these mismatches and lists them in the Inconsistent Region Names dialog box. You can then select which region or regions to move the current page’s content to, or you can choose to delete the mismatched content.

If you want to keep the content, select the name of an editable region from the pop-up menu in the dialog box; otherwise, choose “nowhere”, which discards the unresolved content.

To apply a template to an existing document:

1. Choose File > Open to open the document you want to apply the template to.
   
   
2. Perform one of the following actions:
   
   • Click in the Document window, then choose Modify > Templates > Apply Template to Page. Choose a template from the list and click Select.
     
   • Select the template in the Templates category of the Assets panel, and click the Apply button.
     
   • Drag the template from the Templates category of the Assets panel to the Document window’s Design view.
     
     
3. If content exists in the document that can’t be automatically assigned to a template region, the Inconsistent Region Names dialog box appears. It lists all the editable regions in the template being applied. Use it to choose a destination for the content.
   

Resolving inconsistent region names

You use the Inconsistent Region Names dialog box to assign content in a document to a region of a template. You can resolve the inconsistencies by assigning the content to a template region or by discarding the content.

This dialog box appears when the template you are applying and the document you are applying the template to do not have matching editable region names.

This can occur if you are applying a template to a document that has never had a template applied to it and therefore contains no editable region names; or it occurs when you apply a template to a document that is attached to another template and contains different editable region names, editable tag attributes or template parameters.

To resolve the inconsistencies, you must direct Dreamweaver where to move the document content, or direct Dreamweaver to discard the content.

You can click Cancel to cancel the application of the template to the document.

Depending on your familiarity with the templates in your site, you might be able to resolve the inconsistencies by comparing the region names in the template you’re applying and the template regions in the document. You can then add new regions with the same name as those in the new template file by updating the original template, or alter the region names in the new template to match the regions in the document.

1. In the Inconsistent Region dialog box, select the unresolved region. In the Move Content to New Region pop-up menu, select a region in the new template to move the existing content to, or select Nowhere to remove the content from the document.
   
   
2. To move all unresolved content to the selected region, click Use For All.
   
   
3. Click OK.
   
   

To undo the template changes:

After you’ve applied a template to a document, if the results aren’t what you expected, you can use Edit > Undo Apply Template to revert to the document’s state before the template was applied.

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