What's the difference between these regions??

plasma800 · December 27th, 2004, 11:20 PM

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and

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why are they different in the way they are coded?

Imar · December 28th, 2004, 05:25 PM

Are you reading the book Beginning Dreamweaver MX?? It's all in there.

Anyway, TemplateBeginEditable defines an editable region in a template, while BeginEditable is the actual editable region in a page that is based on the template.

Does this help??

Imar
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plasma800 · December 28th, 2004, 05:29 PM

I 've used dreamweaver and templates for years... im accustomed to seeing the the #begineditable... but for some reason one of my templates has a single editable that is different, the templatebegin version.. was wondering if this was a change that they made when they came out with dwmx? Or what.. just whats the difference between the two...

Imar · December 29th, 2004, 06:18 AM

Right, sorry about that. You posted in the forum for the book Beginning Dreamweaver MX/MX 2004 and not the general DW forum, so I assumed your query was related to the book.

I also answered a bit too quick, with an incorrect answer, so here's a correction:

In MX, TemplateBeginEditable defines the template region, while InstanceBeginEditable (not #BeginEditable) defines the actual region in a page based on the template.

The difference between the two statements you posted is indeed the difference between DW MX and previous versions. TemplateBeginEditable is used in MX and up, while #BeginEditable is used in previous versions.

Cheers,

Imar

plasma800 · December 29th, 2004, 01:12 PM

Got it, and you're right, I did not realize that I was posting in the book section. Found the forum via search engine, and even though I am familiar with wrox, I did not clearly put together the fact that this forum was in regards to a beginning book. oops. :)

Just needed the clarification to make sure I was thinking right.

My templates were created a ways back when I had ultradev... I wonder if it would be worth my while to upgrade all of the editables?

Imar · December 29th, 2004, 01:46 PM

Yes, I think it is. Upgrading to MX / MX 2004 is definitely worth it (if you haven't already), and if you want to use your older templates with the new MX version, you have to upgrade your templates.

It's not that hard, although it may take some time to get it right. Check out this article for more info: http://dreamweavermx-templates.com/t.../tutupdate.cfm

Cheers,

Imar

plasma800 · December 29th, 2004, 04:14 PM

Im using MX2004 now, but my templates did not update on their own. So now, I have templates with both types of editables.. hence the original question :)

Ill read the doc you present and see how that goes.