DW: folder structure template

[Dan Joyce]

My site has a group of image pages. Each page has a folder of thumbnails and
large images tied to it. It looks rather liek this:

<Portfolios>
<imageset1>
imagepage.html
<smallimages>
<largeimages>

The html document is based off a template. So, if I duplicate the folder
manually, it redirects to the original's image folders insetad of the new
copy's.
So, can I make a template in dreamweaver that creates this folder and file
structure each time I have a new image set?
or
do i need to get rid of the template file altogether and just work with the
html documents individually?

Thanks
dan j.

[Murray *ACE*]

You would have to do this manually. But I'm not quite sure I fully
understand your question.

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"Dan Joyce" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> My site has a group of image pages. Each page has a folder of thumbnails
> and
> large images tied to it. It looks rather liek this:
>
> <Portfolios>
> <imageset1>
> imagepage.html
> <smallimages>
> <largeimages>
>
> The html document is based off a template. So, if I duplicate the folder
> manually, it redirects to the original's image folders insetad of the new
> copy's.
> So, can I make a template in dreamweaver that creates this folder and file
> structure each time I have a new image set?
> or
> do i need to get rid of the template file altogether and just work with
> the
> html documents individually?
>
> Thanks
> dan j.
>

[Dan Joyce]

I created a template dwt document. It is tied to two image folders, one for
large images one for small. When I make a file from that template, I need it
to recreate the images folders again. The reason for this is I'm using
JavaScript to do some nice imageswap stuff and need to call them by file name.
So, I have to recreate the same structure.

Now, I can do so by simply copying the whole folder which includes the HTML
and images, but when I start to apply template properties to it (turn on or off
regions, etc.) it changes the paths to my images to the original folder where
the template was targeted. Does that make more sense?

[Murray *ACE*]

> When I make a file from that template, I need it

> to recreate the images folders again.

This is not a function that templates can do.

> Does that make more sense?

Somewhat. Actually enough that I can tell you that Templates don't do that.

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"Dan Joyce" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I created a template dwt document. It is tied to two image folders, one
>for
> large images one for small. When I make a file from that template, I need
> it
> to recreate the images folders again. The reason for this is I'm using
> JavaScript to do some nice imageswap stuff and need to call them by file
> name.
> So, I have to recreate the same structure.
>
> Now, I can do so by simply copying the whole folder which includes the
> HTML
> and images, but when I start to apply template properties to it (turn on
> or off
> regions, etc.) it changes the paths to my images to the original folder
> where
> the template was targeted. Does that make more sense?
>

[Dan Joyce]

Thank you. So, since I can't do this using a template, is there any other way
to make this happen?

Specifically, I need to have a page that can have optional regions, but can't
use templates. Is there any way to accomplish this?

Maybe it will help do describe better what I'm doing: I'm working for a
library where we will publish some of our collections to the web. So, we have
a page that opens up (the one i'm speaking of) and on it there are thumbnails
for each image. As you click on a thumbnail, a larger image shows below it
using javascript. When you click on the next, the big image is replaced with
the current image. The hang-up comes in that some collections have 5 images,
some have 20. This is why I want an optional region. I need all images
specified in the javascript though.

Thanks again

[Murray *ACE*]

Using static HTML, I'd guess it's impossible.

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"Dan Joyce" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you. So, since I can't do this using a template, is there any other
> way
> to make this happen?
>
> Specifically, I need to have a page that can have optional regions, but
> can't
> use templates. Is there any way to accomplish this?
>
> Maybe it will help do describe better what I'm doing: I'm working for a
> library where we will publish some of our collections to the web. So, we
> have
> a page that opens up (the one i'm speaking of) and on it there are
> thumbnails
> for each image. As you click on a thumbnail, a larger image shows below
> it
> using javascript. When you click on the next, the big image is replaced
> with
> the current image. The hang-up comes in that some collections have 5
> images,
> some have 20. This is why I want an optional region. I need all images
> specified in the javascript though.
>
> Thanks again
>