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February 20, 2022
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Move Dreamweaver Template Folder

  • February 20, 2022
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Hello All,

 

I have a question about the Dreamweaver Template and it's folder.  I have purchased a web template from a third party provider. I'm not very fond of the directory structure that was used in crating the template and the associated web pages used in this template.  I have been able to move all the other folders used by the template to a location that suits my taste.  I have not been able to move the template folder.  I am aware that the template folder is required to reside in the root folder of the site.  The folder that I would like to move the template into will be the root folder of the new layout.  When I try to move the template it updates the pages with the new path but the link between the template and the pages is broken and changes made to the template are no longer applied to the pages.  Is there a way to move the template and reestablish the link between the template and the pages?  Any help you can provide is much appreciated.

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    quote I'm at a lose as to why you want this diagran since you stated that what I want to do is not possible but I'm happy to provide it.  

    By @VShaneCurtis

     

    In fact, I just wanted to make sure I understood your architectural wishes.


    So, from what you are indicating? two points:

    • in the current structure... you have a website folder... which contains on one hand the template and on the other hand your site... why not put the content of the site on the same level as the template, for this additional lower level...
    • in the second division everything seems coherent, but what is the use of this first site level?

     

    a question, don't you confuse the structure of the local folder and the remote one ?

     

    whatever your choice, the Templates folder needs to be a the local root folder, and doesn't need to be placed on the distant folder


    Lena,

     

    Thank you for that insight.  I did mot think of it that way.  Instead of trying to force the Templates Folder to bend to my will, bring everything else up from the site folder into the web site folder and I still end up with the same basic layout.  A very nice suggestion.  Thank you for your clarity of thought.  I will try that instead.

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    February 20, 2022

    I may make a mistake while reading you, but it seems to me that you make an amalgam, or a confusion, between the Templates folder specific to Dreamweaver, and the use of an external Template.


    So in order to clarify and avoid any misunderstanding, there are three concepts that have the same name, but which are totally distinct.


    1 - On the one hand, the DW Template folder which corresponds to an internal tool for generating child pages from a template in DWT format: https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/dreamweaver-templates.html


    2 - On the other hand the DW startup templates which were introduced a few versions ago and which allow to start pages from a pre-existing template and which can be modelled and adapted according to our needs https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/how-to/build-from-website-templates.html


    3 - And finally, the use of external and third-party templates that work completely independently of Dreamweaver (such as those provided by https://themeforest.net/), where it is absolutely not necessary to use Dreamweaver's own Templates folder. Unless you want to create a DW Template based on the external Template.

     

    in view of these various cases of figure in which would be situated your question? and in what that causes you concern?



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      VShaneCurtisAuthor
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      February 20, 2022

      Hello

       

      Thank you for your reply.  I am sorry that I was not more clear.  I am referring to the DWT file and it's associated folder.  I can see how my post might have been cofusing now.  The web site template that I am using is a 3rd party template that was created using Dreamweaver and uses Dreamweaver's DWT file to mange the child pages of the web site.  The diectory structure employed by this template and it's pages does not sit well with me and I would like to move the dwt and it's associated folder to a different location.  The root of current directory structure is a folder called website.  Website has two sub folders Site and Templates.  I would like to move Templates into the Site folder and still maintain the link between the dwt file and the child pages.  The Site directory would become the bew root directory and the website directory would be deleted entirely.  When I attempt to move the Templates folder into the Site folder Dreamweaver updates the path information stored in the child pages but after doing this Dreamweaver no longer updates the child pages when I make a change in the template.  Moving the folder breaks the link.  Is there a way to resolve this?  I hope this clarifies what I am trying to accomplish.  Thanks in advance for your assistance. 

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