DH Templates

how do you make website templates for dreamweaver without actually putting your page on the net?

I do'd actually want to put my website up for people to use or anything I'm just practising but i dont want to keep making the link bar, banner etc; and evrything each time I make a new page.

Public Comments

1. You just save the template and don't publish it. It may appear to be going online when you save but it is only connecting to the localhost computer.
2. Huh?? You just make the templates in dreamweaver and save (to your pc). They will not go on the web until you personally upload them.
3. Templates are just files on your own computer, and you should be able to view the complete site in your browser by using a URL like this... file:///C:/websites/example.htm Any template files referenced by RELATIVE addressing will be called properly. Of course the whole scenario changes if we're talking about testing DYNAMIC websites. Then you'll need to install, at a minimum, a web server and a scripting language, and probably also a database. The good news is the best ones are free. Look for the MSI installers (if you're on Windows) for these... http://mysql.com http://httpd.apache.org http://php.net