I'm not new to web design, but I'm new to writing HTML Coding.

I've used Visual Web Page (wysiwyg) programmes but now I'm moving to create more out reaching/dynamic pages that need to be Dated and Timed with Automatic Page Changes.

My new project needs to have a number of pages that will change on a Date & Time that I specify.

As there is going to be a lot of pages I'm looking at Styling using CSS.

This is where, I'm hoping, you will help me create the necessary coding for me to achieve this.

Any Help will be Appreciated.

Many Many Thanks in Anticipation.

John E

actually you need to be asking in the forum for what ever server side code your host supports to be able to do changes based on date and time.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

actually you need to be asking in the forum for what ever server side code your host supports to be able to do changes based on date and time.

So I need to ask in the forum

Please explain.

I've no idea what server side code you can run on your site.

PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, Perl, Python

Right I'm learning fast, I need to find out what server side code,ie PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, Perl, Python.

This will let me go about getting the right code, that enables me to do any work on letting me do Date and Time changes automaticaly, with my web pages.

If the content of your pages is static, as in will not require dynamic changes based on database content or user interaction, then client-side javascript can redirect or change a webpage link to an applicable webpage based on the date. You need to explain your 'a number of pages that will change on a Date & Time that I specify', requirement more clearly.

Example :- If I had 365 Pages, one for each day of the year + 1 for a Leap Year, Total 366 pages.

I'd need to number each page :- 001, 002, 003 etc etc or 01 Jan, 02, Jan, 03 Jan etc etc.

The page on display would only show its contents on its days date.

At midnight or just after the page contents displayed would be changed for the new page that's dated for that day, and so on, as each day passes.

I understand that the initial page design, for the 366 pages should be styled using CSS, making it easier to modify all pages as time goes by.

The contents of the dated pages would only display items related to that day only.

If I feel the need to be able to use a Database, and there's a great possibility that I will. How Those questions will come later This will have to be taken into consideration.

Any step forward is much appreciated.

HTML cannot do what you're thinking here. The content of the pages can be produced in HTML but you'll need some other type of scripting language (i.e. PHP, Javascript, etc.) to make it dynamic.


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It could also be produced in a flash file. You could have 365 frames, and a script that goes to the correct frame based on the date. You could then use a loadvars and some CSS to call on content through the flash file.

Example :- If I had 365 Pages, one for each day of the year + 1 for a Leap Year, Total 366 pages.

That sounds rather time consuming and not very efficient to me.
You really need to follow the advice of everyone here and ask this in a server side scripting forum... it would be easy to do it with something like php by just having the server get the day of the year then include that file with no database involved or you could put the content in a database and have the page connect and return database results for the given day.
you could rely on javascript but in the end you're better off with a server side code because javascript could be disabled, the time/date may be wrong on the user's pc, or several other javascript related issues...

I do appreciate all the input, many thanks for all your time and effort.

The following would be done using HTML/CSS: -

The look of all 366 pages would be the same.
The Style of the Text for all pages would stay the same.

The following would be done in the Editor: -

Each page will be unique but its contents may have more additions, for that day, as each year passes.

Each page would be unique: - As they all would have to be date stamped. No two pages with the same date stamp.

There will be no interactivity from the viewer what so ever.

So using a server side code, telling the page that is date stamped for that day, would be the one to show on the web site. (I’m looking into what code the sever side uses)

In time I would like to see this done automatically where the necessary data/text would be entered into a database. This then would be displayed on its own date stamped page.

Please excuse me, but I’m trying to explain in layman’s terms how I see it. If it helps to get the coding I need I will keep going over it.