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Setting up an Expression
Web template
Download .zip file
Locate .zip file on your hard drive
Double click to unzip
Now open Expression Web and select
File > Open
Site and browse to where you unzipped the download to.
You should see a list of files and folders that
make up your site. These will include the Templates folder, images
folder, site files and css file.
Global changes to the design can be made through
the dwt file. This can be found in the Templates folder. Global
elements are typically the header section, menu, news and footer.
Tweaks to the design can also be made through the css file. When
you double click on the dwt filet you
may see a box appear
like
this
If this box doesn't appear you should still go
to Site > Site Settings and in the tab labeled General, check
the box labeled Manage the Web site using hidden
metadata files. If that is not checked then the dwt file not be
able to update dependent files.
Once you have checked the box and clicked "OK"
at the bottom of the window you may see another box like this.
Click on yes.
You can now start making global changes to your
site through the dwt file. Open the dwt file and make a small change.
Once you have saved
the
file you should receive a prompt like this
Select "Yes" and the change you made will now be
applied to all the files that are attached to the template. You
can now go on and make all the global design changes you need to.
You will also need to make some design modifications
on a page by page basis. When you open the page you should see
code
that
is editable with a white background and the code that is governed
by the dwt and is not editable page by page has a yellow background.
In design view the editable region is outlined
in orange with the name of the editable region in a tab at the
top.
You should now be all set to prepare your site
in Microsoft Expression Web.
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