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Part Five: The Template in Dreamweaver

When you are building a Web site, take the extra time to perfect your template in Dreamweaver before making all of your inside pages based off of this template. If you don't take the extra time, you might find that you have to go back and take the time to make changes to each page individually.

I. Steps for creating a template in Dreamweaver

1. Add Navigation Rollover Graphics
   
2. Specifiy Page Properties
3. Add Meta-tags
4. Add any thing else to template that you want to appear exactly the same on all inside pages (think about what can be a library item). Consider footer information, copyright date, and navigation systems.
5. Save your file
6. Test in both browsers

II. Detailed Instructions

The smartest thing you can do to save yourself time and create a project with strong architecture is to spend extra time with this template. Do not rush here, making a mistake will take much longer to fix down the line.

Follow these step by step instructions for creating a template in Dreamweaver using tables, based on a design created in Photoshop and sliced in Fireworks:

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