Modifying a Site’s Dynamic Web Template

All of the templates that are provided by Expression Web 2 use a Dynamic Web Template. There’s a reason: it’s virtually a necessity for today’s Web site designer to use some sort of templating system, whether it’s an ASP.NET master page arrangement, a Dynamic Web Template, or some other form of server-side template such as Smarty Template Engine (http://smarty.net) an open-source templating system for PHP files. Prior to the arrival of Expression Web 2, Web editing software used proprietary themes, shared borders, and all kinds of convoluted mechanisms to control page layout and presentation across a Web site. The Dynamic Web Template capabilities that are available through Expression Web 2 are still a "save ...

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