New website help

gbru316 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:57 am

I'm trying to create a custom wx site using dreamweaver cs5.5. I've been using the default template for a while now, and it's time to upgrade.

I have no prior experience with dreamweaver, but I've found quite a few tutorials which have been helping. I have the basics down, but am lost when it comes to using tags to update data from the cumulus data files.

Perhaps I bit off more than I can chew, but I could really use some guidance. I'm pretty sure I have to point the new site, as a whole, to the cumulus data files in order for the site to update the tags, but I'm not sure how to do so. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

MickinMoulden · **Posted:** Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:17 am

Read the Wiki: http://wiki.sandaysoft.com/a/Customised_templates

gbru316 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:50 pm

Ok, so in order to use a custom design, I insert the cumulus webtags into the site code, then have cumulus process the pages containing the tags during upload?

MickinMoulden · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:15 pm

Yep that's it. Common mistake is to edit the normal html file. Edit the T.html files. eg. indexT.html. Cumulus grabs that, changes all the webtags to current data and spits out and uploads the index.html file.

gbru316 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:10 pm

got it! Thanks!

RobertY · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:19 pm

Don't forget to keep copies of the original T files incase of a screw up.

MickinMoulden · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:22 pm

RobertY wrote:

Don't forget to keep copies of the original T files incase of a screw up.

Yeah!

steve · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:10 pm

The original files are in the 'web\originals' folder, unless you edit/delete them of course.

RobertY · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:38 pm

LOL! Yes, they are there. I guess I was so used to making copies that I have backups for the backups now. Before I work on a file I always make a copy and rename the copy to something like indexTori.html lolololol

MickinMoulden · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:26 pm

True. That's what I do. So I remember what I was trying to achieve ha ha

steve · **Posted:** Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:17 am

It's always a good idea to make lots of backups of your own too :lol:

RobertY · **Posted:** Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:34 pm

Oh, that is where my dated backups come into play.
indexT11-14-2011
indexT11-12-2011
and so on.

LOLOLOLOLOL!!

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