Migrating from One DW template to another

HHWD often uses DW templates so that clients who use Adobe's Contribute can update their sites and add pages.

In order to facilitate updating a site's design you should use CSS to separate the content from the style or layout. But if you also use the same template editable region names in your new design template, you'll have a much easier time applying that template to the old pages without having to resolve each and every page.

When creating editable regions remember 1) keep the similar regions the same name. 2) use the same case in old and new template. DW considers 'ContentBody' template a different region than 'contentbody'. 3) Avoid using the differing case (as described in #3 above) to make multiple editable regions on a page. While you might remember now what and why. In 6 months when you come back to the template, those brain cells may be long gone :). 4)Avoid using HTML or CFM markup words or reserved words as editable region names. While 'Body' or 'cfoutput' will work as a region names, it isn't the best form and could lead to issues down the road.