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		Introduction
		Outline
		FAQs

	Library Items

		Overview
		Creating
		Editing
		Detaching
		Hands-On

	Templates

		Overview
		Creating
		Editable Regions
		New from Template
		Applying Templates
		Editing/Detaching
		Hands-On

	Site Strategies

		Overview
		Multiple Providers
		Multiple Locations
		File Check In/Out

	Server-Side Includes

		Overview
		Creating
		Embedding

	Also See

		DW: Introduction
		DW: Managing Files
		DW: Styles and Behaviors
		Purchase Dreamweaver

Creating Templates

Let's look at two ways to create a template in Dreamweaver:

From an existing document: Open an existing document, and under the File menu, choose Save As Template. Select the correct site definition for you template, give it a name, and click Save. Now you have a template based on the page you opened.

From a new/blank page: From the File menu, choose New. The "New Document" dialogue box has been greatly enchanced in Dreamweaver MX. You now have several options under the "General" tab, including an HTML Template, which is what you would choose here to begin a new page template.

The name you give to your template will be associated with all the pages based on that template on your site. You can determine the template name that a page is based on by opening the page in Dreamweaver and looking at the yellow-highlighted label in the top right corner of the document window.

template label

NIS | OIT | Boston University | January 9, 2007