Never would create a Template but why do so many people create them?

What are the pro's?




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Why? What are the serious pro's? How come everyone gets stuck in the mud on
this forum with them? I might be a bit harsh here but I think they should be
banned :)

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Whoever said "image doesn't matter" was lying.
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"Baxter" <baxter(spam)@gtlakes.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
cs1l3p$f8q$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> I use them for consistency, consistency, consistency, site feel,
navigation,
> etc.
> Dave
> "Pablo" <dunno@dunno.com> wrote in message
> news:cs1kdm$ejl$1@forums.macromedia.com... 
>
>

Pabs,
I have no idea, I tried them once...never again...more work than what they
are worth IMO.  CSS & SSI for me.

Dan

blah blah EApeaceST blah lengthy signatures rule

"Pablo" <dunno@dunno.com> wrote in message
news:cs1kdm$ejl$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Never would create a Template but why do so many people create them?
>
> What are the pro's?
>
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers Pablo
>
> _____________________
>
> Whoever said "image doesn't matter" was lying.
> http://www.dellwebsites.com
> ______________________________________
>
>

Make sense?

That was a good reply but css to me is so much easier but there again I
don't have beer in the fridge with my name on it :)



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Cheers Pablo

_____________________

Whoever said "image doesn't matter" was lying.
http://www.dellwebsites.com
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"Winifred Day" <winday@NOSPAMwildrosewebsites.com> a écrit dans le message
de news: cs1li1$foh$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Pablo wrote: 
>
> I use a combination of templates and SSIs.  Here's my workflow:
>
> Build a sample.html page.  Get everything where I want it.  Make sure
> the nav works, that the CSS file is linked, the whole nine yards.
>
> Yank out the bits and pieces for the various SSIs - usually header,
> footer, nav, subnav if there is one.
>
> Create a template out of what's left.
>
> Base all new child pages on the template.  They'll automatically call
> the appropriate SSIs.
>
> This way the structure for each page is in the template, but the
> site-wide content is in the SSIs.
>
> Make sense?
>
> Win
> --

Pablo wrote:
> Never would create a Template but why do so many people create them?
>
> What are the pro's?
>

I use a combination of templates and SSIs.  Here's my workflow:

Build a sample.html page.  Get everything where I want it.  Make sure
the nav works, that the CSS file is linked, the whole nine yards.

Yank out the bits and pieces for the various SSIs - usually header,
footer, nav, subnav if there is one.

Create a template out of what's left.

Base all new child pages on the template.  They'll automatically call
the appropriate SSIs.

This way the structure for each page is in the template, but the
site-wide content is in the SSIs.

Make sense?

Win
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Templates are ok for small sites... but get into a couple hundred pages and
Dreamweaver can choke on them (and libraries).

I prefer SSI and CSS to make my sites.

"Baxter" <baxter(spam)@gtlakes.com> wrote in message
news:cs1l3p$f8q$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> I use them for consistency, consistency, consistency, site feel,
navigation,
> etc.
> Dave
> "Pablo" <dunno@dunno.com> wrote in message
> news:cs1kdm$ejl$1@forums.macromedia.com... 
>
>

Templates and CSS are about as similar as fish and bicycles.

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"Pablo" <dunno@dunno.com> wrote in message
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> Make sense?
>
> That was a good reply but css to me is so much easier but there again I
> don't have beer in the fridge with my name on it :)
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers Pablo
>
> _____________________
>
> Whoever said "image doesn't matter" was lying.
> http://www.dellwebsites.com
> ______________________________________
> "Winifred Day" <winday@NOSPAMwildrosewebsites.com> a écrit dans le message
> de news: cs1li1$foh$1@forums.macromedia.com... 
>
>

SamMan wrote:

>I have used templates in a few sites at work (one site has 5,000+ pages) to
>handle all the layout, and have over time I have wished that SSI's had been
>used instead.
>
>After reading the way you use them, it tempers my growing dislike for them!
>I will be sure to keep this in mind for future sites.
>
>Thanks, Gary!

You're welcome, Sam. When using templates like that, you'll almost never
need to modify the template.


Gary

Murray *TMM* wrote:

>Bingo.  You da man.  That's the way to use them.


I'm Super Ficialman. ;-)


Gary

why wouldn't you use dynamic content with a site that size?  or even half
that size?

Dan

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> I have always said that templates (alone) are only useful on sites less
than
> 100 pages.  Some would say much less than 100 pages! 8)
>
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> "SamMan" <sam@psfdevrip-it.com> wrote in message
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