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Do I have to copy the HTML for a menu on EACH page?

 

Do I have to copy the HTML for a menu on EACH page?, Main, About, Contact, etc.
papuccino1

2 Jul, 2009 - 07:40 AM
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Hi there,

I'm just curious. I know you can have one single menu and have it load in an iFrame the various subpages of a website (about, contact, etc.) but what if I don't want to use frames?

Do I have to copy the HTML code of my menu on EACH page I create? There must be a better I think (maybe I'm just too use to OO programming).


Thanks for the info.

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2 Jul, 2009 - 07:56 AM
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Waaa who told you that? biggrin.gif

Never ever use iFrames for something so trivial smile.gif There are multiple methods to do this, the most common would be including a header/footer from PHP... So you'd create 2 files, header.(inc/php/whatever) and footer.(inc/php/whatever).. then include them like so:
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<?php include("header.php"); ?>
<h1>Welcome!</h1>
<p>Whatever content</p>
<?php include("footer.php"); ?>


You could also use SSI (Server Side Includes) which are dependant on web server settings, I can't provide an example.
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Wow, completely over my head. I literally didn't understand a single term you used, lol tongue.gif

I'm looking for something a bit more "beginner-like". Thanks for the help.
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Erm, basically you have 3 files (for a standard page):

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footer.php
header.php
index.php


header.php
CODE
<html>
<head>
<title>whatever</title>
</head>
<body>


index.php
CODE
<?php include("header.php"); ?>
<h1>Welcome to my home page!</h1>
<?php include("footer.php"); ?>


footer.php
CODE
</body>
</html>


I don't think I can simplify it anymore sorry sad.gif Including files is like the first thing you learn in PHP I thought.

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