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bash
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Jan 13, 2004, 7:11 PM

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redesigning index,html Can't Post
Purchased NM over the last weekend.

I am having a little trouble changing the publish/index.html. Each time I make the change and save it and go to test it after uploading a new article, it refers back to the old page (without my design) with the article updates there.

This is what I am doing...opening the publish/index.html in DreamweaverMX. Inserting the art and design I want. Saving it and uploading it to the server. When I go to the site/publish/index.html. it looks fine. Then I open the NM manager to set a new article. It saves the new article fine, but when I refresh the index page, it reverts back to the plain (no artwork) version, with the articles updated.

Not sure where I am messing this up. Any help would be appreciated.


leisa
Product Specialist


Jan 14, 2004, 2:46 PM

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Re: [bash] redesigning index,html [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi bash,

Thanks for your post. :)

News Manager creates it's published html pages such as the /publish/index.html, based on it's templates. Templates are rather like blueprints. They contain the raw structure and appearance of a web page, but lack the actual page data. They are used to create pages such as /publish/index.html. Every time an article is added, the /publish/index.html page is updated based on the /templates/_index.html page. If you have been editing the /publish/index.html file, then this is most likely the reason that you're changes to the design are not being saved. Your changes are being overwritten when the template updates the published html file.

So if you want to make changes to the design of the /publish/index.html page, you will want to open the templates/_index.html and make your changes there. Then when an article is added, the new /publish/index.html will be recreated based on the /templates/_index.html template. Also, if you wanted to change the design of the article pages you would edit the /templates/_article.html page.

You can find more information on working with templates at http://www.interactivetools.com/docs/doc.cgi?/newsmanager/doc_page7.html

Hope this helps. If you have any questions, let me know. :)
Cheers!
Leisa - Product Specialist (in training)
interactivetools.com