Nesting in FP 2003 ?

[Kevin Domingue]

I don't know if this is possible in FP 2003, but I'll ask. Many of our web
pages (www.dsaengineering.com) have a similar look, so I will use Dynamic
Web Templates for them. However, subsets of pages have extra stuff that is
also common to those pages - for example, all of the projects listed at
www.dsaengineering.com/projects/index.htm have the same table of links at
the left.

So is there a way to have the Project pages refer to the "master template"
(just as the other pages do), AND ALSO have the left menu bar as a common
element ? That way if I add a project, I can modify the left menu in one
file and it will apply to all of the project sheets ?

(I think in Dreamweaver, you could save the menu as a symbol in a library,
and by changing the symbol once, it applies to all pages.)

Any ideas ? Thanks.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Create a DTW editable region for the extra content and just use it where you need it
If you just put a FP Comment in the region it should not show up to users
<!-- #BeginEditable "body2" -->
<!--webbot bot="PurpleText" PREVIEW="Secondary body content here" -->
<!-- #EndEditable -->

Other option is to create a second .dwt file (copy the 1st) and add the special area just for those pages (if the layout varies
significantly from your std dwt layout)



| I don't know if this is possible in FP 2003, but I'll ask. Many of our web
| pages (www.dsaengineering.com) have a similar look, so I will use Dynamic
| Web Templates for them. However, subsets of pages have extra stuff that is
| also common to those pages - for example, all of the projects listed at
| www.dsaengineering.com/projects/index.htm have the same table of links at
| the left.
|
| So is there a way to have the Project pages refer to the "master template"
| (just as the other pages do), AND ALSO have the left menu bar as a common
| element ? That way if I add a project, I can modify the left menu in one
| file and it will apply to all of the project sheets ?
|
| (I think in Dreamweaver, you could save the menu as a symbol in a library,
| and by changing the symbol once, it applies to all pages.)
|
| Any ideas ? Thanks.
|
|

 

[Kevin Domingue]

Thanks! (I took a look at my Dreamweaver book, and what I was remembering
is their library item. You can save just about anyhing in a library and use
it anywhere. Then when you change it, the changes apprear globally.)

I think I will opt for your second suggestion - I think it will work better
for this particular case.

Create a DTW editable region for the extra content and just use it where you need it
If you just put a FP Comment in the region it should not show up to users
<!-- #BeginEditable "body2" -->
<!--webbot bot="PurpleText" PREVIEW="Secondary body content here" -->
<!-- #EndEditable -->

Other option is to create a second .dwt file (copy the 1st) and add the

special area just for those pages (if the layout varies