Web Site Development Tips - Great time saving Tips!
Tip 1: Always use Templates while developing a
web site
If your web site follows a basic structure
throughout the site you absolutely must use a template. Imagine
you have a web site with over 50 pages, all following the same
basic structure. If you need to make one small change, let's say
changing the table width from 90% to 95%, you need to go each of
those 50 pages and change it manually. Whereas if you were using
a template you would only need to change it in the template and
all the pages would get updated automatically. It's a huge time
saver.
Click here to learn how to use templates in Dreamweaver -
Dreamweaver makes it very easy to create templates, apply
templates and update pages.
Tip 2: Server Side Includes are simply the best!
If you keep all your basic information in a
template the whole site automatically gets updated, but you
still have to ftp the all the pages that use the template. To
save ftp time use Server Side Includes (SSI's). Trust me, it
will be the answer to all your prayers. If you keep updating
parts of your site on a regular basis you need to use server
side includes. E.g. The menus on the left of this page are
server side includes. These links keep changing as we add new
content to the site. An SSI basically gives the path to the
include and the page reads the HTML code in the include file.
Therefore when you make a change in the include it is
automatically reflected in the page accessing the include. You
only have to ftp the include and not all the pages accessing the
include.
Learn how to use Server Side Includes
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