Yes - you are not understanding that changes to editable regions are not
propagated from parent to child.

That's the prime rule of templates.

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"bluehurry" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:cjf9qg$df8$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm running into a really strange problem that I can't quite figure out...
> any
> help appreciated...
>
> 01. I have a master template "outerFramework.dwt" with 2 editable regions
> called "mainNav" and "contents"
> 02. The editable retion "mainNav" contains 3 links that I would like to
> pass
> through and edit in another template called "2column_grid.dwt"
> 03. So, I then created another template based on "outerFramework.dwt"
> called
> "2column_grid.dwt" by creating a new file based on the
> "outerFramework.dwt"
> template and saving this new file as "2column_grid.dwt"
>
> However, when I go back and make some changes to the "mainNav" region in
> the
> original template "outerFramework.dwt" the changes are not carried through
> to
> the "mainNav" region of the "2column_grid.dwt" template. The only way that
> I
> can get the changes to carry through is if i make the "mainNav" region of
> the
> original template "outerFramework.dwt" a non-editable region.
>
> According to the MM Help guide, all editable region and its contents
> should
> carry through templates and pages based on the original template. Am I
> doing
> something wrong?
>
> Thanks
>