Server Side Include & Template

Can you describe what/when/where you are using this approach?

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"GlennC02108" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I discovered what I was doing wrong. I was saving it as a dwt file instead
>of Insert / Template Objects / Make Template.

I discovered what I was doing wrong. I was saving it as a dwt file instead of Insert / Template Objects / Make Template.

> I think putting a SSI in a template sort of defeats the purpose. I suppose
> it has its uses.

Think again.

I use the following scheme....

First, I mentally separate the page layout into three sections:

1. Stuff that will probably not change for the life of the site (i.e., the
basic
structural elements)
2. Stuff that *could* change from time to time (e.g., navigation elements,
burst advertisements, section-specific navigation, etc.)
3. Stuff that *will* change from one page to the next

Then I create a template containing all class1 elements. Next I create
server-side include files containing all class 2 elements and place them on
the template as needed. Note - some of the class 2 elements may be
"section-specific elements", and their placement on the template will be
subject to the next item. Finally, I insert editable regions to cover the
class 3 items, INCLUDING the section-specific navigation.

This allows me to just cookie-cut the rest of the site. I estimate that
even for fairly large sites, about 80% of my work goes into planning and
creating this template file.

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"Art" <lee_*nospamification@artjunky.com> wrote in message
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>> Can you not include server side includes in templates?
>
> I think putting a SSI in a template sort of defeats the purpose. I suppose
> it has its uses.
>
> Of course you should make sure the SSI is posted and all pages that have
> the SSI in them should also be posted. I don't think putting a SSI in a
> template is any different than any other bit you might put in a template.
> The only other problem I can think of is perhaps you have the path to the
> SSI wrong?

> Can you not include server side includes in templates?

I think putting a SSI in a template sort of defeats the purpose. I
suppose it has its uses.

Of course you should make sure the SSI is posted and all pages that have
the SSI in them should also be posted. I don't think putting a SSI in a
template is any different than any other bit you might put in a
template. The only other problem I can think of is perhaps you have the
path to the SSI wrong?

> Can you not include server side includes in templates?

Of course you can.

Let's see the markup used in the include line of the Template page, please.

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"GlennC02108" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I have a template that I'm trying to use a server side include to put a
> navigation bar on the template. It shows up on the template, and then on
> the
> pages I'm working on, however, when I go live it isn't there.
>
> If I put the include somewhere in an editable region of the file, it shows
> up
> when i go live.
>
> Can you not include server side includes in templates?
>
> Thanks.
>