how many templates

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
October 3, 2019
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can someone help me again i have created a template with a header and footer that works great but i am creating a cooking website so inside the template i want to create a page for diffrent recipes, so i want to lay it out so every time i upload a recipe the layout will be the same so instead of creating a new layout all the time can i make a template inside of my original template.

thanks

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Nancy OShea

Community Expert

It makes the most sense to put your recipes in a database that can be searched and cross referenced. Then use server-side or client-side scripts to query data and populate a detail page with content. With sufficient coding skills or commercial extensions, you can do this in Dreeamweaver.

Code manually in PDO or MySQLi (improved).
https://www.w3schools.com/php/php_mysql_connect.asp
Buy 3rd party extensions from WebAssist or DMX Zone.
http://www.webassist.com/dreamweaver-extensions/mysqli
https://www.dmxzone.com/go/23295/dmxzone-server-connect/
Or develop your web apps visually with Wappler.
https://wappler.io/

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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scottishriver

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Well as this is a part time college course and I'm a chef the rest of the time I think wordpress would be better for me. I have done a site for a friend on wordpress and I really enjoyed it. I'm just trying to make a career at 44 and thought web design would be good

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Can we assume you're using Dreamweaver to build your website?

A DW Template is all you need. However, nesting Templates is never a good idea. Besides, nesting isn't necessary for what you want. See help article below on using DW Templates.

https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/dreamweaver-templates.html

That said, recipe sites & food blogs typically get very large very fast. Templates are fine for small sites but beyond 50 pages, you need a dynamic solution with content stored and categorized in a searchable database. Otherwise, the static site becomes too huge to manage and your audience gets frustrated because they can't find what they want. WorPress might be a better solution in the long run.

https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-wordpress-themes-for-recipe-blogs/

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert