In dreamweaver Do templates get updated automatically?

[hellraiser]

Suppose I have 100 web pages which I have made from a template which I made in dreamweaver, now if I want to update all of these pages with say text, an image or an link, can I do it by just adding it in the template (.dwt), if yes then why I should use SSI (Server Side Includes)?

[ryanbutler]

Not quite. Dreamweaver templates allow you to create common themes throughout your website, such as navigation, background images, etc. Server-side includes can do the same thing. Personally, I feel people overuse server-side includes, when they should be using CSS instead.

You use templates or server-side includes to make a change to a constant theme such as navigation easier to maintain across a large website, such as 100 pages. However, templates in Dreamweaver are slower because you have to update the template file, then update the pages based off that template, and then upload everything. Whereas with server-side includes, you update it once, upload only that file and you're set.