Existing Website
Launch Dreamweaver and click on the name of your existing HTML Web file in the left column under “Recently Used.” If you don’t see the file there, click “Open,” browse to the HTML file and double-click on it. Click the “Modify” menu. Choose “Templates,” then click “Apply Template to Page” to open the Select Template window. Browse to and double-click the template you want to import. Click once on the name of the template, then click the “Select” button. Click the “Use for all” button or cherry-pick the parts of the template you wish to apply to your current page. Click the “OK” button and Dreamweaver makes the changes to import the template and applies it to your current page. Continue to work within your page and make any other changes required. Click the “File” menu and choose “Save As.” Rename the page to preserve the previous version and click the “Save” button.
From Scratch
Download or save the template file in the proprietary Dreamweaver “.dwt” file format to the Template folder in your Dreamweaver root directory. Launch Dreamweaver and click the “File” menu. Choose “New,” then click the “Page from Template” option. Scroll the “Site” column and double-click your Dreamweaver page name. Scroll the “Template for Site” column to the template you just downloaded or saved. Click once on the name. Click the “Create” button to import the template. When Dreamweaver opens, make any changes to the template, add text, set up hyperlinks and continue setting up your site as required. Click the “File” menu and choose “Save As.” Rename the template to preserve the original version, and then click the “Save” button.
