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Create a web page based on a template

You can create a web page based on a template, which can help you maintain a consistent look across your website. In Contribute, there are two types of templates:

  • A template created in Dreamweaver® (see Dreamweaver Help > Using Dreamweaver). A Dreamweaver template is a template that a designer creates for you with editable and locked regions.

  • A page that your Contribute administrator designated as a template. Your Contribute administrator can designate any page on your website as a template.

You can create a copy of either type of template to use as a starting point for your new page. Dreamweaver templates have editable and locked regions (see Work with template-based web pages). Such regions could be absent from templates created by the administrator. In addition, templates created by the administrator are assigned a workflow. Contribute assigns a default workflow to templates without a workflow. For more information, see The draft review process.

You can create a blog entry based on a template if your blog publishing service generates Dreamweaver templates for your blog. To know more about creating blog entries, see Create a blog entry for your blog.

Remember to add a link to the new page before you publish it; otherwise, website visitors cannot navigate to the page.

Note: It’s a good idea to create the new page and a link to that page at the same time for websites and blog entries. For more information, see Link to a new page and Link to a new blank blog entry.

  1. In the Contribute browser, click the New button in the toolbar, or select File > New.

    The New Web Page Or Blog Entry dialog box opens.

  2. In the Create New Web Page Or Blog Entry For pane, do the following:

    1. Expand the website in which you want to create the new page.

    2. Expand the Templates folder, and then select a template.

      Note: If you don’t see the Templates folder, your Contribute administrator has restricted the types of new pages that you can create. For more information, talk to your Contribute administrator or see Specify settings for new web pages.

      A preview of the page you select appears in the Preview pane on the right side of the dialog box.

  3. Enter a page title in the Page Title text box.

    This title appears in the browser title bar when a website visitor views the page; it does not appear on the page itself.

  4. Click OK.

    The new page opens as a draft in Contribute. Be sure to add a link to your new page before you publish it (see Create text and image links).

    Note: Contribute creates the new page in the same folder as the page you were viewing when you created the page (unless you selected another website in step 2). You can change the folder location when you publish the new page.