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Save Templates to Files
- Posted by Sean Smith
- May 30, 2009
- 1 person has found this tip helpful.
if you prefer working on templates in your favorite text editor, and who doesn’t, you can still do that in ExpressionEngine.
Go to CP Home › Templates › Template Preferences
check “allow templates to be saved as files” and then enter the path to the folder on your server where the files will be edited. Now visit your templates and then be sure to check the checkbox to save as file. Once done your templates will be on the server.
You can now edit files in your favorite editor. ExpressionEngine will use the flatfile if it exists and if it does not will use the database version.
Using DC Template Manager to sync your flatfiles with the database is a great way to keep everything synced up.
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Mike Mella — 12:34 on 05.30.2009
I would further recommend using the Templatizer extension to simplify this process.
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