Editing Your Template in Microsoft Expression Web
Allwebco templates were originally created in Notepad but they can also be edited in Microsoft Expression Web. Some edits may need to be done in a text editor like Notepad or TextEdit.
Step #2: | Import template to Expression Web
Allwebco templates can be edited with Expression Web. You can import a template into the editor and publish as an Expression Web. While editing, in the "Design" view, you will not see your Flash animation, header or foooter, or other global JavaScript files. However, all of the files, except Flash (.fla files), can be edited in EW.
Your original template files will become your "Remote Web Site". Before beginning the "Import Site Wizard", create a new folder for the Expression Web "Local Web Site". You can make this folder in the same location as your original template folder, but it must have a unique name.
Select <File>, <Import>, <Import Site Wizard>
Import the files from your hard drive. Select the radio button for the "File Systems". Enter the hard drive path, or "Browse" to the folder location of your original "Allwebco" template. Select the entire folder.
The "Wizard" will request a location to save a copy of the "Expression Web" template. Enter the hard drive path, or "Browse" to the new folder location. Note: the "New Publish Location" (folder name) cannot be the same as the original template name. E.g. tempT20Serenity (original folder), New Publish location - Serenity (new folder).
Finish the "Wizard" to add files to your web site.
Click below to view a visual of the "Wizard" steps.
Step #3: | Synchronize your "Remote" and "Local" website
Below the list of "Remote Web site" files, select the radio button for "Remote to local" and "Publish Website". This will allow you to open your site as an Expression Web template to edit the files.
Click below to view a screenshot of the synchronization view.
Step #4: | Edit template files
Once your template is imported to EW, first thing, find the help.html and open using a web browser. You can right-click the help.html in the "Local Web site" list and select "Preview in Browser", or "Open With..." and select your preferred browser. This will allow you to use the links to the Allwebco support pages for more information.
Follow the steps to begin editing your template. You can now double click on any file in the "Local Web site" file list to open it for editing.
Each file will open in a new tab.
You will want to start your editing on your local hard drive before you upload the site using FTP software or the "Publish site..." feature in EW.
JavaScript files can be edited in Expression Web although the changes will not be visible in the design view of the HTML pages.
Click below to view a screenshot of a JavaScript file.
You will want to use your web browser to view all changes. Select any HTML page from the template, and then select “File” and “Preview in Browser” on the EW menu to view the changes.
You can leave your browser window open and simply refresh to view further changes.
