Using the Microsys Template in a Script
Assumptions
- All web pages either use MicrosysCSS.dwt directly (usually via DFS) or routinely update a local copy from the "master" version. This will allow us to keep a consistent look and feel as we add to or modify the template.
- We always start our DW Sites at the directory just above where the master Templates/MicrosysCSS.dwt file resides. This is to keep the absolute links to /css, /Templates, and /images working.
Perl Scripts
You can directly apply Dreamweaver templates using the use HTML::DWT::Simple module, installed on scripts00 and uni04nt . TODO: get use HTML::DWT::Simple into Subversion for disaster recovery!
#!C:\perl\bin\perl.exe use HTML::DWT::Simple; # for dreamweaver templates # read in template my $template = new HTML::DWT::Simple(filename => "MicrosysCSS.dwt" ); # get a list of Editable Regions exposed in this template my @regions = $template->param(); # write template with editable regions replaced
my %foo = ( doctitle => "A test of HTML::DWT::Simple", PageHeading => "A test of HTML::DWT::Simple", LastUpdated => scalar localtime(), body => '<pre>Hello, World!</pre>' );
open( OUTPUT, ">test.html" ) or die "Unable to write to test.html! $!";
$template->param( %foo );
$template->output( print_to => \*OUTPUT );
close( OUTPUT );
Other Scripting Languages
There is a small script, applyDWT.pl, which will "apply" a Dreamweaver template to a file. If the file has the html markup to indicate editable regions, they will be replaced with the indicated content. If the file isn't marked up, you can sp
Options:
-t template to apply (defaults to microsysCSS.dwt)
-u editable region to receive file's contents (defaults to 'body')
-v if specified, be verbose (not verbose by default)
-w translate \ to // in filenames (no translation by default)
-d update editable region.
Examples
Apply the default template to report.log, which is inserted into the 'body' editable region.
applyDWT.pl report.log
Rename report.log to report.html, and set the doctitle and PageHeading to "this is a test"
rem Assuming this is windows, otherwise use 'mv' ren report.log report.html applyDWT.pl -d doctitle="this is a test",PageHeading="this is a test" report.html
The LastUpdated region is special, you do not explicitly set a value with an equals sign, instead it always uses the current time.
applyDWT.pl -d LastUpdated report.html
The applyDWT.pl script is installed on scripts00 under Scripts\generate-webpages .
TODO: get this into Subversion for disaster recovery!
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