
template, but having it handy when youre working on templates is good because it provides a list of available templates as well as easy access to template editing and organizational functions. 94 Part II: Looking Like a Million (Even on a Budget) 2. Choose File?New. The New Document window opens (see Figure 4-4). Figure 4-4: The New Document window includes a variety of template options. Figure 4-3: The Templates panel displays a list of all available templates in the selected site and provides access to template editing functions. Chapter 4: Coordinating Your Design Work 95 3. From the Category list in the of the New Document window, choose Template Page. The template options become visible in the Template Page list in the middle of the New Document window. 4. Choose HTML Template. You can choose from a variety of template options, including templates for ASP (Active Server Pages), ColdFusion, and PHP, all of which are used for creating dynamic sites, like those shown in Chapters 13, 14, and 15. 5. Click the Create button. A new blank template is created and opens in the main work area, and the New Document dialog box closes. 6. Choose File?Save and name the template. The new template is added to the Assets panel (refer to Figure 4-3). 7. You can now edit this page as you edit any other HTML page, inserting images, text, tables, and so on. 8. Choose Modify?Page Properties to specify background, text, link colors, and other options that apply to the entire page. This works just like any other Dreamweaver document. 9. To create an editable region, select the content you want to affect, right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac), and choose Templates? New Editable Region (as shown in Figure 4-5). The New Editable Region dialog box opens. 10. Give the new region a name. I recommend something that identifies the kind of content it is, such as headline or photo_caption. The region you define as editable becomes an area that can be changed in any page created with the template. You can have multiple editable