Dreamweaver - Template files and alignment ??

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Template files and alignment ??

Steve Grosz

2006-02-12, 6:34 pm

Ok, here's a basic question. If I have a .tpl file, or other included
file such as .inc, how can I make sure that the formatting and alignment
(that's the biggie) is going to be the same as if I had just designed
the page with all the elements on the page already (not included)??

If I'm using CSS align a table, and that table happens to be in a .tpl
(.inc) file, then how can you work in DW8, and make sure that all looks
good while designing?

Katsuey

2006-02-12, 6:35 pm

> Ok, here's a basic question. If I have a .tpl file, or other included
> file such as .inc, how can I make sure that the formatting and alignment
> (that's the biggie) is going to be the same as if I had just designed the
> page with all the elements on the page already (not included)??

Murray is the template expert. I also thought template file extensions
were .dwt. But anyhow:

to make an include appear where you want it, build the area where
you want the content on the main page, then just make the content
the include. That or use CSS to control placement and then make
sure the include includes the correct class. It won't look right in the
include (because it's not reading the css, but it will look right in the
main page).

for example: your include might be:

<div class="myclass"> blah blah blah content </div>