Advice needed - Templates/Child pages

[Harley Kieran]

My master template page a (.dwt file) consists only of
(Structure)Tables, Title, Icons, Buttons and Button Navigation.,
......no problem.
I then load the .dwt file, ....insert page specific information in the
various table/cells and save the resultant files (.htm files) as
needed by the Button Links.
......no problem, master and child files work well.
I then edit something in the Master Template file, eg: a simple
spelling error, .....(thinking it will correct the error in all child
files), ........wrong!
I've poured through Microsoft's FP2003 "Step-by-Step" but am unable to
learn where I'm messing-up.
Can someone, ...please point me in the right direction?

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Your host is missing the FP SE Security & patch updates that correct this DWT update for Windows Servers
Depends on your host version of Windows
See http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-017.mspx


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| My master template page a (.dwt file) consists only of
| (Structure)Tables, Title, Icons, Buttons and Button Navigation.,
| .....no problem.
| I then load the .dwt file, ....insert page specific information in the
| various table/cells and save the resultant files (.htm files) as
| needed by the Button Links.
| .....no problem, master and child files work well.
| I then edit something in the Master Template file, eg: a simple
| spelling error, .....(thinking it will correct the error in all child
| files), ........wrong!
| I've poured through Microsoft's FP2003 "Step-by-Step" but am unable to
| learn where I'm messing-up.
| Can someone, ...please point me in the right direction?

 

[Roger]

Where is your development site? I find that it is best to have the
development site as a disk-based site, e.g.
C:\My Documents\My Web Sites\MySite

A lot of the report tools only work this way but, for me, the most important
thing is that when you edit a template FP will say "there are 29 pages that
use this template, do you want to update them?" If I develop the site on a
FP server, like the one on my own machine, this does not happen and I have
to open each page and manually update it. When you publish everything gets
updated.

Roger

 

[Harley Kieran]

Exactly !!, ....it should say something like "there are "n" pages that
use this template, do you want to update them?, ....but, it doesn't.
I do get this kind of response if I rename a page, ...so, I'm
convinced that I'm doing something quite wrong with template/child
pages. I wonder if child pages should also be saved as .dwt pages
rather than .htm pages!
Anyone know?
Harley

 

[Roger]

When you are editing your site in FP, and you look at Folder List (which is
under the File menu), does it say something like "C:\My Documents\My Web
Sites\MyWeb" or does it begin "http://some site/MyWeb. If it begins with
http you will not get the "there are # pages" dialog.

If it begins "C:\ etc" you may have another problem I have had where a
directory is not a web site. When you open a site in "My Web Sites in My
Documents there should be a little globe symbol in the folder indicating
that FP thinks it is a web site. I have had folders which contain FP pages
which FP does not treat as a web site and does not deal with templates or
components properly. Frustrating. I think that you can not just copy a web
directory from one drive to another but you must "publish"it using FP.

The template should be a .dwt, the pages which you attached this template to
should be .htm. Open one of the pages which you have based on the template
and look at Format.Dynamic Web Templates. You should see choices like
"update this page" and "update all pages" If it is not a file based web you
will see the first but not the second.
Good luck.

Roger

 

[Harley Kieran]

Many thanks for your patience, ....
I get all the things you suggest I ought to get;
"C:\My Documents\My Web, ....etc
Appropriate Folder Icon
"Update All Pages" on the Format.DynamicWeb Templates, .....
Thanks again, ....I'll just keep at it.
Harley