Templates Problem

Hey All,

I am new to Dreamweaver and am having a problem with templates. I have
created a basic site with a few links and 2 jpg files. I have saved
everything and the template appears fine both in the design view and
when I preview in browser.

However, when I create an HTML page based on the template, and then
try to preview through browser, the links come up but the jpg image
files do not. One appears as a broken link and the other one looks as
though it isn't even there....

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thank You!

Is dwt file the only file in the Templates folder - it should be. When
you linked to your images in the template file, did you use root or doc
relative paths?

(Standard Murray reply to such issues :-)
Here are five ways to make changes *not* propagate from Template to
child page-

1. Rename the Templates folder
2. Move the Templates folder to some other folder level in the site other
than root level
3. Move a template out of the Templates folder.
4. Make changes to an editable region of the template (which will not
propagate)
5. Corrupt the site cache so that the link between template and child page
is broken

If none of the above work/fix your problem, then either show us a link to
the page, or copy and paste some of your code for us to look at.


Nadia
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Koncentric" <richard (AT) rotzang (DOT) com>
Newsgroups: macromedia.dreamweaver
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 10:39 AM
Subject: Templates Problem

Hey All,

I am new to Dreamweaver and am having a problem with templates. I have
created a basic site with a few links and 2 jpg files. I have saved
everything and the template appears fine both in the design view and
when I preview in browser.

However, when I create an HTML page based on the template, and then
try to preview through browser, the links come up but the jpg image
files do not. One appears as a broken link and the other one looks as
though it isn't even there....

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thank You!

This is how DMX will work if you are using ROOT RELATIVE links, *and*
temporary files to preview.

Here's an example -

* I create a page with a link to an image -> <img src="/images/foo.gif">
(note that the image link is a root relative link)
* I preview that page with DMX (since I am using temp files, DMX is kind
enough to realize that root relative links won't work in a preview, and so
it converts them to document relative links when it builds the temporary
file for the preview) -> <img src="../images/foo.gif"> (I'm assuming that
your document is one level below the root of the site). In the preview,
this page looks fine because the browser has no trouble with the document
relative link - it knows where the file it just opened is, and can follow
the path to the image).
* I then click on a link in the previewed page to another page that also has
ROOT relative linked images --> <img src="/images/bar.gif"> and suddenly
the image does not load.

Why? Because when you click away from the temp file DMX just built for you,
you have lost the benefit of the automatic conversion that DMX does with
root relative links, and the browser looks for this new image starting from
the root of the hard drive, not the root of your site.

The solution is to not use root relative links, and to change all your
existing ones to document relative.

To read more about this, go here -

http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/site_root_rel.htm


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"Koncentric" <richard (AT) rotzang (DOT) com> wrote

Hey All,

I am new to Dreamweaver and am having a problem with templates. I have
created a basic site with a few links and 2 jpg files. I have saved
everything and the template appears fine both in the design view and
when I preview in browser.

However, when I create an HTML page based on the template, and then
try to preview through browser, the links come up but the jpg image
files do not. One appears as a broken link and the other one looks as
though it isn't even there....

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thank You!

"Murray *TMM*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote

Yoo Hoo - Hiya Nadia!

Hey - you back officially yet?
and was it good - the R & R I mean :-)

Nadia

Yoo Hoo - Hiya Nadia!

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":. Nadia .:" <nadia@no-junk=dreamweaverresources.com> wrote

Is dwt file the only file in the Templates folder - it should be. When
you linked to your images in the template file, did you use root or doc
relative paths?

(Standard Murray reply to such issues :-)
Here are five ways to make changes *not* propagate from Template to
child page-

1. Rename the Templates folder
2. Move the Templates folder to some other folder level in the site other
than root level
3. Move a template out of the Templates folder.
4. Make changes to an editable region of the template (which will not
propagate)
5. Corrupt the site cache so that the link between template and child
page
is broken

If none of the above work/fix your problem, then either show us a link to
the page, or copy and paste some of your code for us to look at.


Nadia
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Koncentric" <richard (AT) rotzang (DOT) com
Newsgroups: macromedia.dreamweaver
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 10:39 AM
Subject: Templates Problem


Hey All,

I am new to Dreamweaver and am having a problem with templates. I have
created a basic site with a few links and 2 jpg files. I have saved
everything and the template appears fine both in the design view and
when I preview in browser.

However, when I create an HTML page based on the template, and then
try to preview through browser, the links come up but the jpg image
files do not. One appears as a broken link and the other one looks as
though it isn't even there....

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thank You!

Uhbboy! Had a great time!

But ohmigod it was hot....

Yes, I'm back now - more or less. Parts of my netherness are still
somewhere over the jungle....

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":. Nadia .:" <nadia@no-junk=dreamweaverresources.com> wrote

"Murray *TMM*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:cbvobg$plt$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
Yoo Hoo - Hiya Nadia!

Hey - you back officially yet?
and was it good - the R & R I mean :-)

Nadia

"Murray *TMM*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote

Uhbboy! Had a great time!

But ohmigod it was hot....

I loathe the heat - especially when on holidays - No wonder you didn't want
to take those stairs!!

Yes, I'm back now - more or less. Parts of my netherness are still
somewhere over the jungle....

LOL - take it easy - don't want you to come down with jungle fever.
Put your feet up, catch up on all the posts on the various ngs you've missed
out on!

Like how we took care of the place while you were gone - we're pretty good
house sitters ain't we ??

Nadia

Not bad, but I see alot of unanswered pop-up menu questions. I was counting
on you to patrol these borders! 8)

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":. Nadia .:" <nadia@no-junk=dreamweaverresources.com> wrote

"Murray *TMM*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:cbvoii$pqi$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
Uhbboy! Had a great time!

But ohmigod it was hot....

I loathe the heat - especially when on holidays - No wonder you didn't
want
to take those stairs!!

Yes, I'm back now - more or less. Parts of my netherness are still
somewhere over the jungle....

LOL - take it easy - don't want you to come down with jungle fever.
Put your feet up, catch up on all the posts on the various ngs you've
missed
out on!

Like how we took care of the place while you were gone - we're pretty
good
house sitters ain't we ??

Nadia

"Murray *TMM*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote

Not bad, but I see alot of unanswered pop-up menu questions. I was
counting
on you to patrol these borders! 8)

But I did Sir !!
well, as many as I could get to anyways

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On 30 Jun 2004 17:39:46 -0700, richard (AT) rotzang (DOT) com (Koncentric) wrote:

However, when I create an HTML page based on the template, and then
try to preview through browser, the links come up but the jpg image
files do not. One appears as a broken link and the other one looks as
though it isn't even there....

In addition to the other answers, you will get this type of behavior if
your images were located in the Templates folder. Make sure that you put
NOTHING else in the templates folder except the actual .dwt template
files.


Gary