I would definitely second the notion of learning how to work with Server Side Includes. You'll never go back to DWTs, plus you'll be futureproof when Adobe pulls the plug on DW. SSI's allow you to make a change to, and upload, one file that updates your entire site. Working with them is dead simple... The basics (using PHP) 1. Your site's pages will use the .php file extension instead of .html 2. Include files will contain only the code you want to repeat, they're not a full page. So just the menu, or footer, or special effect card, etc 3. You place your cursor where you want the include to appear on any given page of your site in DW and go to Insert > PHP > Include 4. Add the location of the include to the Filename field in the Properties window (hit the folder icon to browse to it in your defined site) 5. Once set up, to make sitewide changes, you just modify the include file (footer, header, navigation, etc) and upload, done and done For example, a menu include: Let's say you need to add a Facebook button to your menu. No problem, you open the menu include file in DW, add the image and link, save, then upload it. Every page on your site that references that menu include will automatically show the new info on your pages when a viewer pulls them up. The server writes the code from the include file over the include snippet in the page when the page is sent by the server, so whatever you put into the include file is written verbatim into the page where the include was placed. You don't have to lift a finger to update the individual pages themselves, just the include file. The best part is it's not using a proprietary DW function. All editors worth using (even some that aren't) understand PHP includes.
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