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**TheBreadBaker** · 04:52 AM

I am sure a question like this has been posted before (i could not find one), so if there was a similar topic, let me know.

On my dad's site each time a new link is added, the rest of the site must be updated to include the presence of the new link(s) on each page.

Is there a way to have one document containing the links, and that document is then fed upon by all the other pages.

If necessary, redoing the site the correct way is fine.

Any help is appreciated. Many Thanks.

**funkdaddu** · 10:15 AM

Not 100% sure what you mean, but I think you're referring to server side includes, where you can have 1 file that has some information, and all the pages are coded to "inlcude" that page when they are shown, if you change that one file, then all the pages reflect that change. There are non-server-side options such as GoLive's components, and I'm sure Dreamweaver has something similar. You can insert this into your page and whenever the page sees this code:



it will write the contents of menu.html (if your server supports it). Google for "Server Side Include" for more detail

**lizard dude** · 10-27-2005, 03:04 PM

You can redo the website by using frames (one frame will be the links, the other the content of the page and maybe another oe for the logo).
http://html-html.com/frames/frames.html
here are some usefull tutorials for frames

**funkdaddu** · 10-27-2005, 03:51 PM

frames? --shudder--

**extermin8tor** · 10-27-2005, 11:39 PM

thanks for the code:
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i used to use frames but my host know puts ads in every frame, ****.

**lizard dude** · 10-30-2005, 12:06 AM

Oh ok cuz the frames are exactly what i do all the time....Is your host free? Cuz i have a chip one (12$ per year) that doesn't have a good quality of speed but it's exactly what you need for small websites.
If you're interested i can give you the adress. Just PM me.

**wmtalk.tk** · 10-30-2005, 01:30 AM

umm why would you want to use frames when you could just use an iframe?

anyway, this can also be accomplished with php prett easily, i can whip you up a script if you really need it.

**TheBreadBaker** · 04:54 AM

Thankyou all for posting. To follow things up, I have moved the site over to php and it has made it much much easier to run the site.

On every page using php I have a link to a html page containing all of the sites main links.

Just like this:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<!-- DW6 -->
<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title></title>


<?php
/* index.php */

/******************************************************************************
 * MAIN
 *****************************************************************************/
include("menu.htm");
?>
<br />

Am I using the correct method?

**lizard dude** · 10-30-2005, 01:44 PM

Oh i have no idea cuz im learning php right now.....For WMTALK.TK, Iframes are usefull but for a website with a menu on the right, the content on the left and myabe a logo, i'd rather use frames to make it..

**TheBreadBaker** · 10-30-2005, 05:25 PM

Dang, here I am using php, when I myself know nothing about it exept for that linking code. Ill learn it with ya.

**wmtalk.tk** · 10-30-2005, 09:18 PM

you might want to end your head and put the php in your body and end the html...

**TheBreadBaker** · 10-31-2005, 08:17 AM

Thanks for the tip, but right after that segment of php code, lies the content of the site, followed by one more segment of php and then the end </html> of the page.

But that was my fault for not including all the page code.

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