We are real people, who are passionate and knoweledgable about our products. Call us toll free, on our dime , if you have questions about our products or services. Expression Web is the next generation of web development software that was released late from Microsoft. When you purchase a website template from i3dTHEMES, you get an immediate downloadable package of files which constitute a ready-to-go website.
All you need to do is change the content, maybe some of the pictures, perhaps rename some of the pages, and then all you have to do is publish it up to the web. Included with each template is a set of written and video tutorials to walk you through the process of updating the website.
We also have a support system which allows you to initiate a support ticket in the the event that you cannot find the help material you need within our system. Depending on MY time constraints, I will be happy to add a site title for you. The templates are in the form of a personal web package, which includes the DWT, and all supporting files, folders and graphics.
The Expression Web template layouts are based on an original layout created at my favorite site Inknoise Layout-o-Matic, which unfortunately is no longer functioning.
I use this Color Palette Creator to come up with the colors I use. Clicking on the link under the template will take you to the full size template where you can download the Personal Web Package and import it into your newly created web.
These are basic templates. There are other styles you will need to add as you go along. Google is your friend. Learn to use it to find style info you might need. There are many resources for learning CSS. What is a Dynamic Web Template? It can contain page layout, page elements, settings, formatting, styles, graphics and certain regions that can be edited. The purpose of a dynamic web template is to derive or create pages in a web site based on it, to maintain an identical and consistent look and feel throughout the web site.
Why do I use a Dynamic Web Template? I have to revamp certain portions of my web site, and that involves a lot of changes since I have to sit and edit each page manually! I am tired of copying and pasting the basic layout in each page. Is there a solution to this? Have you come across such a situation if not then you are lucky.
If yes then you are at the right place! This is exactly why you would want to create and use dynamic web template. You create a template with the layout and all the page elements, formatting, styles that would be common across all the pages in your website and create editable regions wherever you want to put elements that would be specific to each page. Then create new pages based on this template and go ahead with customizing each page. All you have to do is attach the dynamic web template to your pages.
How do I create a Dynamic Web Template? Click OK to create a dynamic web template as shown below:. As you notice there is a box with brown border that is created. Even though it is not specifically mentioned, content of a web template is divided into editable region and non-editable region. Non-editable region is a specific part of the template, content of which is unalterable in all the pages that are created based on the template. You can preserve the content by moving it into an editable region.
Do you want to continue with the attachment? The DWT see's the whole area of what is on an existing page as the content area. Otherwise, in the future you will be faced with more work As I said in the introduction the DWT Ebook goes into more detail about this.
View Screenshot - Fig 10 - Preserve Content. If your content region is not listed under Dynamic Web Template: select Body and the Modify button will ungrey. Click the Modify button and a small drop down box will appear click the down arrow and select content , press ok then press ok on the Choose Editable Regions for Content dialog box. A dialog box will appear telling you 1 of 1 files have been updated. Press close on this dialog box. Have been preserved.
This is because the. If you are happy with the one page, then it is time to attach the rest of the pages in the website to the. Using the keyboard, Press the Shift key and holding it down select the second page in the folder list and the last page in the Folder List. Look through the list to make sure you have not selected such files as the robot. Follow the instructions above for attaching the.
When attaching multiple pages at one time, after the first time you are asked about preserving the content by moving it to an editable region , and have made the modifications , you will be asked the question again Do you want to continue with the attachment?
A dialog box will appear telling you of files have been updated. If you are using previously used Page Includes, now is the time to select the path you saved above the content. Double click on the Page Include area where the menu is and in the Include Page Properties dialog box that appears, right click and press Paste.
NOTE: If the path is not correct, observe the name of the Page Include and hit the Browse button, select the includes folder and keeping the name in mind search for the include file.
Once found, select it and press ok, and the navigation will appear. Double click on the Page Include area where the menu is and in the Include Page Properties dialog box that appears, hit the Browse button. Select the includes folder, and select the correct Page Include for that file. You can now proceed to make new content safe in the knowledge that next time you need to change your formatting or amend your template you will be able to do so easily and quickly, saving you time and effort better spent on other things.
To retain the content in your web pages, you need to keep the same Template Region Labels in the new Dynamic Web Template. In which case you need to first detach the old. If the new Dynamic Web Template doesn't contain the same Template Region Labels , Expression Web asks if you want to match the old regions to new regions. In ' Code View ' you can still access the html code of any given page that you are viewing.
However if you change the code in a non editable region Expression Web will alert you with a warning that you have made changes to a non-editable region and that the code will be changed back the next time the page is updated. You can do either of the following:. View Screenshot - Fig 12 - Always Restore. NOTE: If there is a conflict among the Dynamic Web Template and attached pages, when you attempt to update the attached pages, Microsoft Expression Web will prompt you to resolve the conflict.
In the Folder List, click the page that you want to update. The pages attached to a Dynamic Web Template are managed by using metadata. If the pages attached to a Dynamic Web Template are not properly updated, make sure that you have website metadata added to your site. If they are still not properly updated Recalculate Hyperlinks under Site.
NOTE: If you detach a Dynamic Web Template from one or more pages in a site, you remove only the formatting provided by the template - the content is not automatically removed from those pages. Note: Microsoft have not updated or added all their references to the links I give below for Expression Web so please refer to the Ms FP03 sources for the time being.
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