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1. Re: Dreamweaver html pages using templates > go to 0k files on Business Catalyst
Gaurav.S Jul 28, 2014 5:04 AM (in response to macgarvin)Hi,
The BC FTP server checks if the DWT file (or the HTML file based on that template) has the right structure. If they don’t, the upload will fail (even though Dreamweaver will say that it’s successful). Right structure means: DWT file has 3 Editable regions in it: one for the <title> tag, one for adding stuff to the <head> tag, and one Editable Region that must contain {tag_pagecontent}.
When a template is uploaded to the BC server, FTP strips the DWT mark-up, and transforms it into a BC template. BC FTP server splits the page and the template – and adds the page content under Site Manager -> Pages, and the template content under Site Manager -> Page Templates.
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2. Re: Dreamweaver html pages using templates > go to 0k files on Business Catalyst
macgarvin Jul 28, 2014 8:31 AM (in response to Gaurav.S)Thanks Gaurav
I've got more than one editable region in the body, and want other body parts to be un-editable, so that answers that question, even if its not the answer I would have liked! I guess from that answer that Dreamweaver created nested templates are going to be a no-no for BC as well?
I think what I am learning is that Dreamweaver and BC are stitched together rather than seamlessly integrated! I'm coming at this from the Dreamweaver side thinking that maybe BC could be useful initially for allowing others to view and make minor amendments to draft websites, and maybe wholesale adoption later. But having BC transforming my dreamweaver created files is a bit of a no-no - I'm only experimenting.
For the moment, if I persisted with BC, I can bake the html files when transferring them to the BC test site, people can comment and amend text, and I can copy back across to the working copy. Otherwise there seems to be a new learning curve which I can't afford right now. But I can dabble around with BC and see how the pros and cons stack up.


