Batch convert .htm pages to .asp using template

Imar · July 30th, 2007, 03:58 PM

Hi there,

What do you mean with: but I cannot seem to find a way to duplicate the template and save as htm.

If you're making static pages, you can simply use a Search nd Replace tool to remove all the references to the templates. Or you can use Modify | Templates | Remove Markup or Modify | Templates | Export without markup.

HtH,

Imar

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tpjones · July 30th, 2007, 04:10 PM

I want the templates to apply to the relevant pages, but I need them to be .htm templates instead of dwt.asp templates as I originally created them. I tried taking out the script line at the top of the template, but I got in trouble with DW telling me I had nested editable areas, etc.

Here's what I need for example. I have a template called main.dwt.asp. I need to save it as htm. I am not sure whether dreamweaver adds that dwt.htm as it does with .asp.

What I have been doing is going into the asp templates and taking out that initial script language, then dreamweaver tells me I need to add
in the <head> in the dobe. I have done that but may be putting it in the wrong place. I am a code dunce and know just little enough to be dangerous.

Does this make any sense?

Tom Jones

Imar · July 30th, 2007, 04:17 PM

Here's what I would try:

1. Manually rename the file *.dwt.asp to *.dwt.htm

2. Use an *external* Search and Replace tool to search in all your files and replace them with the new template file name.

BTW: Templates are a design time thing. They are embedded in the page as HTML comments, so even a server that doesn't understand ASP shouldn't have a problem with them at run-time.

Imar

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