You don't have to use DW templates, and Contribute understands includes in much the same way as DW does so it's still possible to use includes for the site design. We actually mix both, using Templates to just lock down what areas are editable and use includes for bringing in the header, nav, footer, etc.
One of the huge gotchas though is that Contribute expects to see the html, head, body tags in the actual page you're editing. So if, like us, you typically shove those into an include or custom tag then you could have some problems. We've had to shift to having leaner include files that just have the layout component we're actually trying to include instead of including the page's meta structure. One of the nice things though about using includes without templates is that Contribute can't edit the contents of the include on the page anyway. -Kevin On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:39:23 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use DW, but not the templates. > > Do you HAVE to use DW templates for it to work? I have tried them before, > and maybe I am being too old-school, but I prefer to hand code and plan my > own 'templates', such as headers, footers, etc. > > I have downloaded the Contribute trial, and it is installing right now. I > might have more questions after that, if you don't mind me pecking your brain. > > :) > > Ray > > At 02:36 PM 12/14/2004, you wrote: > >Some other things to consider: Contribute uses Dreamweaver templates > >to know what regions should be editable. It also uses the file-based > >Dreamweaver check-in/check-out system, so if you're standardized on > >Dreamweaver for this you'll be fine. But if you work in a mixed-editor > >environment, you may have some issues. It's required some changes in > >how we set things up here and we still don't feel like we have a great > >system in place. > > > >There are also some considerations when mixing dynamic content sites > >with Contribute. If you want more info, feel free to email me > >off-list. > > > >-Kevin > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:139862 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
