[otherguy]

I'm currently working on designing a page for the openfi project at source forge. ( http://openfi.source...net/new_design/ )
The page design-wise is pretty much completed. I've yet to put much of the content together, so forgive the dead links and unfinished thoughts/incomplete instructions.

I have a question about page design.
Is there a way i could (without using frames) have certain elements of each page be the same across the entire site?
For example, I would like the current version to be displayed at the bottom of the page, but when a version changes i dont want to have to open every html page and modify the text. It would also be nice to be able to have the links a the top be updateable in the same fassion. Hopefully there is some method for doing such a thing.
Sorry if the answer to my Q is obvious, i'm a self taught web/graphic designer.

Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Jim

[Amadeus]

You can put that information into a separate file, and include that file at the bottom of each page...that way, when the information changes, you only have to change that one file.

[supersloth]

which dynamic languages can you use for this? php?

[otherguy]

How would i go about calling that file so that it would be appended to each page?

I've never done something like that. Would i need to use a script which would read from a file and print to the page being called?

If you wouldn't mind giving an example i would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Jim

[otherguy]

supersloth, on Aug 15 2005, 07:49 PM, said:

which dynamic languages can you use for this? php?

i could use php, sourceforge will support it i believe, but i have absolutely no experience with php, and i'm trying to keep the page as simple as possible.

[Amadeus]

<?php include "z.html"; ?>

You can stick that wherever you want the information included...it will evaluate as a web page. Here is some info on PHP's include function.

[otherguy]

thanks for the help! I'm under way.

this should make updating the site quite a bit easier.
thanks again

[Arbitrator]

You can also try using SSI, Server Side Include, if your server supports it.