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= Creating Your Own Templates =
If you are making anything but minor changes to the template, consider creating your own files with different names (in a separate folder), and list these local files for Cumulus to process them.
#List the new template files (text including Cumulus webtags) you have created as ''Local files'':
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#*Local files 10 upto (from version 1.9.3) 99 have to be manually inserted (or amended) by editing [[Cumulus.ini#Section:_FTP_Site]], using a ''ExtraLocalNN='' line (note NN is any 1 or 2 digit number) and placing the path and filename after the equals sign. An easy way to achieve this is by copying one of the lines with NN set to between '0' and '9',
*For template files 0 to 9, leave the Binary column unset (it is only set for image files) on the ''Files'' tab of the '''Internet''' screen within the 'Configuration' menu; this is achieved by including ''ExtraBinaryNN=0'' for NN values '10' upto '99' in [[Cumulus.ini#Section:_FTP_Site]].▼
Assuming that your web server is not local, the host, username, password and initial directory are specified on the Sites/Options tab of the '''Internet''' screen within the 'Configuration' menu and you list the remote filenames as follows:
*For files 0 to 9 enter the directory and required file name in the 'Remote filenames' column on the ''Files'' tab of the '''Internet''' screen within the 'Configuration' menu; for NN values '10' upto '99' this is achieved by including ''ExtraRemoteNN='' with directory and filename after the equals sign in[[Cumulus.ini#Section:_FTP_Site]].
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▲*As you have listed template files (with Cumulus webtags) these need to be processed; select 'Process?' column for 0 to 9 or for 10 upto 99 add ''ExtraProcessNN=1'' in [[Cumulus.ini#Section:_FTP_Site]].
*Finally, select 'FTP?' column for 0 to 9 or for 10 upto 99 add ''ExtraFTPNN=1'' in [[Cumulus.ini#Section:_FTP_Site]].
If your web server is on the same computer (or local network) as Cumulus, then the instructions for remote files are changed slightly because copying rather than file transfer is used:
*It is rarely needed to specify the host, username, password and initial directory of a local web server on the Sites/Options tab of the '''Internet''' screen within the 'Configuration' menu (the exception is if your webpage includes a script requiring loading a local file like 'dayfile.txt').
*For files 0 to 9 enter the full path (on your computer or network) and required file name (destination for file copy instruction) in the 'Remote filenames' column on the ''Files'' tab of the '''Internet''' screen within the 'Configuration' menu; for NN values '10' upto '99' this is achieved by including ''ExtraRemoteNN='' with full path and filename after the equals sign in the existing '''[FTP site]''' section of cumulus.ini.
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If a particular webpage on a local web server includes a script requiring loading a local file like 'dayfile.txt', then just for that webpage enter its remote
▲If a particular webpage on a local web server includes a script requiring loading a local file like 'dayfile.txt', then enter its remote directory and name, and select File Transfer Process, as per the previous set of instructions. The remaining pages will simply be copied across locally using the specified full path and so do not require FTP as per instructions directly above.
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