Template Properties - updating with Find & Replace

message from TSPIM on 20 Jul 2004
I have successfully used Dreamweaver's (DW) Find and Replace (F&R) on source
code to update the Template Properties of files sitewide. However, although the
code changed, the changes to the files were saved and are visible by viewing
the source code of each file posted live on the webserver, the changes to the
template properties are not rendered correctly on the page.

But, if each individual file that was previously updated using F&R on soruce
code is opened again in DW and the Template properties dialogue / update screen
is opened and then closed (even without making any changes to the template
attributes), DW registers that the file has been changed (with the asterisk
next to the filename). If this file is then re-saved and posted to the live web
server, the changes to the template properties are correctly rendered. This is
even though there has been no actual change to the source code of each file.

Seems like DW does not register search and replace changes to Tempalate
Properties as a file change/update.

Any ideas ?
 
Murray *TMM* replied to TSPIM on 20 Jul 2004
Don't do it that way. It won't work.

There is no substitute/shortcut for the correct procedure which triggers the
template engine to examine the parameter values and invoke the proper
response (F&R doesn't do this). Open each page and MODIFY | Template
Properties.
 
TSPIM replied to Murray *TMM* on 20 Jul 2004
Murray,
thanks - problem is that we have literally thousands of files which sometimes have a common change to template properties so we were looking for a shortcut.

Cheers

AJP
 

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