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Want to make edits to Multiple pages in Dreamweaver

Jan 8, 2013 4:02 PM

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I have a site online (http://joebuehrerart.zxq.net) and I want to add more links to the navigation bar at the top. I don't want to have to open each page in dreamweaver and make the same edit over and over so is there a way I can make a change to one page apply it to all the other pages? I've been reading about setting up a template page that I can edit and all edits to that will apply to pages that it's linked to but I'm not sure exactly how to accomplish this.

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1. Nancy O.,

Jan 8, 2013 4:14 PM in reply to JoeBuehrer

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Templates are OK for smaller sites.
http://www.smartwebby.com/web_site_design/dreamweaver_template.asp#1

However, once you exceed say 25 pages, IMO templates are much too clumsy to maintain a site with. You must edit the template.dwt file & save it. Populate changes to all your child pages and then upload each child page to server. Even on small sites, this takes a good deal of time.

I much prefer Server-side Includes (SSIs). This way, you only need to edit one file and upload it. All the magic happens on the server.
http://www.smartwebby.com/web_site_design/server_side_includes.asp

Nancy O.

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2. Rik Ramsay,

Jan 8, 2013 5:04 PM in reply to JoeBuehrer

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I second Nancy's suggestion(s) with a view to SSI being much easier to upkeep.

To answer your initial question, if the navigation is consistent across all pages, you can use a sitewide find/replace. This would require the site to be correctly defined in Dreamweaver.
Eg:
<ul>
<li><a href="">Nav 1</a></li>
<li><a href="">Nav 2</a></li>
<li><a href="">Nav 3</a></li>
</ul>

To add a fourth nav item,
Find:
<li><a href="">Nav 3</a></li>
</ul>
Replace with:
<li><a href="">Nav 3</a></li>
<li><a href="">Nav 4</a></li>
</ul>

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