While working with templates within the web-based control panel interface works well, it does have limitations. If you are used to coding HTML files using your favorite text editor, you may wish to continue using that text editor and FTP the files to your website instead. In ExpressionEngine, this is entirely doable.
1. If you are following along on an actual website, you will need to ensure that the directory permissions for
/system/expressionengine/
templates are set to777.
If you are using a localhost environment, this is not necessary. This directory is where your template files will be saved.2. In the control panel, select Design | Templates | Global Preferences from the top menu.
3. Set Allow Templates to be Saved as Files to Yes. The likelihood is that the Basepath to Template File Directory is already set to the full server path for
/system/expressionengine/templates
, but if it is not, you will need to set it.4. Click Update to save your changes.
5. Although this...