Creating Templates in Dreamweaver Course Home Basic Components Site Management Page Creation Page Layout Tables Images Link Creation Templates Templates allow you to have regions that are constant from page to page like menu links, banners, images, or other design elements. For example in these pages, I created a template that allows me to change the Introduction to Dreamweaver logo and the background green-blue stripe background. I can then change the look of the page by simply changing the template and applying it to all of the pages in seconds. (See the diagram below). To Create a Template using an existing web page Open a page that you want to serve as a template Choose File > Save as Template To Create a New Blank Template Choose Window > Templates In the Template palette, do one of the following Select New Template from the Context menu Click the New Template icon in the lower right area of the template window In the Template plaette list, right-click(PC) or Control-click (Mac) and select New Template from the context menu Enter a name for the template Define the editable regions of the page - variables Select the content/objects that you want to vary Choose Modify > Templates> Mare Selection as Editable (either an area of text, a cell, or an entire table, but not multiple cells simultaneously) In the New Editable Region dialog box, enter a name for the region To Create a New Document based on a template Choose File > New From Template Choose File > New and then drag the template icon from the Template Palette onto the new blank document To apply a template to an existing document Choose Modify > Templates > Apply Template to Page and select the template you wish to apply Drag the template icon from the Template Palette onto the new blank document Select the template in the Template palette, and click Appl to Page Template Palette Window Menu