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237995 2004-05-20 08:32:00 I'm in a bit of another site dilema.
I use my homepage as a template for new pages.
But if I decide to change my homepage on a later date I would then have to go back & change all the other existing pages.
I know there's a way around this, but I don't know how.
Cheers guys
Ron Bakker (356)
237996 2004-05-20 08:52:00 Why would you need to have to go back & change all the other existing pages? Because they would look different to the homepage? If that is the case you ought to be using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) as it allows you to make changes to a stylesheet which will then change all the pages that refer to it. Susan B (19)
237997 2004-05-20 11:37:00 While ccs has advantages for changing fonts and backgrounds, alterations to layout is best achieved using templates.

Research templates based on the programming language used.
php, asp, jsp etc all have relatively easy methods for using templates.




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Merlin (503)
237998 2004-05-20 13:05:00 Can you provide us a link to the site, and tell us what changes you are likely to make.

Rob
Rob99 (151)
237999 2004-05-20 20:33:00 Well here is the site, but I am actually revamping the site in a big way.
I'm trying to make it look less homemade.
But as you will see the homepage has all the links & the rest are a bit inconsistent.
www.ronsseacorner.co.nz
Thanks guys for your input.
Ron Bakker (356)
238000 2004-05-20 20:34:00 Oh by the way, I'm using dreamweaver 3 Ron Bakker (356)
238001 2004-05-21 13:29:00 Here are some easy ideas.
1. In your shopping pages when you click for more info on a spear gun for instance have it load on the same page. ie remove target="_blank".
2. Not sure about using DW3 with templates I use MX and find them very awkward.
3. Make a new page called temp.htm with your general layout, tables make this easy, position your title, main menu buttons, and its nice to have text links at the bottom of the page that repeat the buttons at the top, also you can put contact and copyright info. Similar to this page
4. All you do is add your content to the page and Save As...

Hope some of this helps, good luck.

Rob ;\
Rob99 (151)
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