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modify a template

Jun 19, 2012 11:07 AM

hi, I have DW CS3.  in the file menu I know we you can convert the file to another but how can you modify the html5 template?      

7736 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Nancy O., Jun 20, 2012 9:43 AM
 
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  • Nancy O.
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    1. Nancy O.,
    Jun 19, 2012 11:30 AM   in reply to mindapolis
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    Not sure I understand your question.  You can edit any HTML document in code view. 

     

    If you choose to use HTML5 doc types, you'll need to add a supporting script for older browsers. 

     

    <!--[if lt IE 9]>

    <script src="//html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>

    <![endif]-->

     

    Also HTML5 syntax & tags are a little different from HTML4 and XHTML1.

    http://www.w3schools.com/html5/default.asp

     

     

    Nancy O.

     
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    2. mindapolis,
    Jun 19, 2012 12:20 PM   in reply to Nancy O.
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    if you go to file, convert, you can change the document type.  is there a way to change that template and save the template? 

     
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    3. Nancy O.,
    Jun 19, 2012 1:23 PM   in reply to mindapolis
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    Open your template.dwt file.

    Go to Modify > Page properties > Title/Encoding. 

    Change doc type to one that matches your coding skills. Hit OK. 

     

    Ctrl+S = Save template.  DW will ask if you wish to popluate changes to child pages.  Hit yes.

     

     

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    4. mindapolis,
    Jun 19, 2012 6:46 PM   in reply to Nancy O.
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    that didn't help either.  right now the template for a html5 document is

     

    <!DOCTYPE HTML>

    <html>

    <head>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

    <!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="doctitle" -->

    <title>Untitled Document</title>

    <!-- TemplateEndEditable -->

    <!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="head" -->

    <!-- TemplateEndEditable -->

    </head>

     

    <body>

    </body>

    </html>

     

    but I want the template to be

    <!DOCTYPE HTML>

    <html lang="en">

    <head>

    <meta charset="utf-8">

        <title>Untitled Document</title>

        <!--meta description -->

        <link rel="stylesheet" href="    ">

        <!--[if It IE 9]>

        <script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode-.com/svn/trunk/html5.js">

        </script>

        <![endif]-->

    </head>

     

    <body>

    </body>

    </html>

     
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    5. Nancy O.,
    Jun 20, 2012 9:43 AM   in reply to mindapolis
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    Try pasting this into a new document.  SaveAs TemplateName.dwt

     

     

    <!DOCTYPE HTML>

    <html lang="en">

    <head>

    <meta charset="utf-8">

    <!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="doctitle" -->

    <title>Untitled Document</title>

    <!-- TemplateEndEditable -->

    <!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="meta" -->

    <meta name="description" content="description goes here..." />

    <!-- TemplateEndEditable -->

    <!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="head" -->

    <script type="text/javascript"> </script>

     

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="    ">

     

    <style type="text/css">

    /**PAGE SPECIFIC STYLES GO HERE**/

    </style>

     

    <!--[if It IE 9]>

    <script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode-.com/svn/trunk/html5.js">

    </script>

    <![endif]-->

     

    <!-- TemplateEndEditable -->

    </head>

    <body>

    <header>Common Header</header>

    <aside>Common Aside</aside>

    <section>Common Section</section>

    <article>

    <!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="article" -->

    Article -- page specific content goes here....

    <!-- TemplateEndEditable -->

    </article>

    <section>Common Section</section>

    <footer>Common Footer</footer>

    </body>

    </html>

     

     

     

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