Create a template

Exercise: Create a template from your basic design web page.

1. Open the file you just created in Exercise 1 in Dreamweaver
   • choose File --> Save As Template
   • type a name for the new template (eg. classTemplate) and click Save
     Dreamweaver will save the page in the Templates folder of your local site root folder; the extension of .dwt will be added to the file to indicate that it is a Dreamweaver template
2. Add an editable region to your template
   Once you have saved the file as a template, you must define the areas of the template which are locked and which are editable. By default, all areas are locked. To add an editable region to the template:
• select the part of the page you want to be able to change - in this case, the table data cell in the bottom right of the window (use the tag selector)
• choose Modify --> Templates --> New Editable Region or
  Right-click (Control-click) the selection and choose New Editable Region from the contextual menu
• enter a name for the region and click OK
  the name for the region appears in a small blue tab above the editable region
3. Save and close the template file

• select Modify --> Templates --> Remove Editable Region
• choose the region that you wish to remove from the list and click OK

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