API for Dream Weaver Templates

[jebamony]

I am developing a content management system which generates the html files.
These html files are using the dreamweaver template(dwt). The templates(dwt)
may undergo changes. This template change has to be applied in the html files.
To carry out this task I need an API . Is there any java API given by dream
weaver to accoplish this ?

[Rachael Caldwell]

tell us more about the CMS you're developing!

"jebamony" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I am developing a content management system which generates the html

files.

> These html files are using the dreamweaver template(dwt). The

templates(dwt)

> may undergo changes. This template change has to be applied in the html

files.

> To carry out this task I need an API . Is there any java API given by

dream

> weaver to accoplish this ?
>

[DW_Steve]

My experience with DWT is that it's pretty simple.

Once you master setting up the "Editable regions" then all you have to do is
update the template and DW will propagate the changes out to the HTML pages
that use that DWT.

THEN you have to do another "PUT" on the changed pages to get them to the site.

I've never had to use any API to do that.

The big variable is how your CMS interoperates with the HTML.

[mzanime.com]

>> The templates(dwt) may undergo changes. This template change has to be
applied in the html files.

Why would you need to use an API for something as simple as this? Assuming the
CMS doesn't add a lot of server side coding to the HTML files, and those HTML
files have properly placed editable regions, why not just update all pages
using the template (.dwt) from inside Dreamweaver?

Modify -> Templates -> Update Pages...

[jebamony]

I am developing an online CMS which needs to use dwt. This requires server side
coding in order to propagate the changes to the corresponding html files. Since
dreamweaver is a client side tool, I can't use it in the server side. Hence, I
am looking for any libraries provided by dreamweaver to handle the server side
issue.

[nanchil]

There may be libraries available with the dreamweaver to handle dwt changes. I
guess that those libraries may be available as hared or dynamic link libraries.
Could you please write more about your content management.

[jebamony]

The content mangement system gives provision to view, create and edit the
website content in the on-line. The end user can import the website and start
change their web site content and can publish to the specified server location.
Whenever they upload a dwt file the htmls associated to the dwt needs to get
the changes. I can do the implementation like the one suggested by DW_Steve.
However reusing of libraries is always better and hence looking for the
libraries. Thanks for everyone contributed to this subject.