Hello,

Is there an easier way to change the information at the bottom of my pages (I mean the words “Copyright © 2006...”)? Now I have to update the year on every page of my site.

Kind regards,

Veselin

The easiest way to automatically change a date on your webpages is by creating a small php file which will hold the date and then use the include() function for PHP (ASP I don't know) on each of your pages. From then on, you only need to change one file to make changes on all your pages.

If you want to know how to change them all right now. Use a search program to open all your files and search and replace. (you will need to do this on your hard drive) To find such a program google the word "grep".

Good luck.

Use the function find and remplace in Dreamweaver, choosing " all opened documents"

Personaly i use php and include() method

Okay, we need to clear up some misconceptions.

1. The bottom of your site should say Copyright (C) Yeslelin. The date or year is not necessary. ( I'm assuming you're in the US. )
2. If your site works the way you like using static html, you don't need to convert it to use server-side programming, whether it's PHP or ASP. This will slow your site down somewhat, because it's easier to just serve a file exactly as is, than to parse that file, serve the parts that should be sent verbatum, and run the rest as code.
3. If you get a text editor that supports tabs ( like UltraEdit ), you can open all your files and do a search and replace. This is the downside to static html - it's faster on the server, slower on you.

If you didn't want to create server-side pages then you could also use an outside javascript file and a <div> tag.

But why go crazy.... just use a grep tool like UltraEdit and be done with it.

I guess a lot can be said about planning... if you know you are going to have to change something on your website then make sure you can do it quickly and easily. Most (if not all) my menus are include files so if I need to change the menus on my website which has hundreds of pages, all I need to do is change one file.

I guess that is why it is called website design... not website making

is using include file a search engine friendly? I mean for menus it almost has the links to all your site so the search engine must read them.
I'm asking because I'm thinking of doing the same for may site too, I don't want to change all files just to add or remove one menu item

In my experience, I have had zero problems with SEO using the include function for menus. What matters is the parsed information on your page.

Think about it, if there really was a SEO problem with a PHP generated page, then Joomla sites, wordpress sites, etc, wouldn't be index or any other CMS site for that matter (including major newspapers sites).

If you are really worried about SEO and included menu files, then create a static html sitemap with links to all your pages and link that to your home page.

No. So long as the server renders html from your include files, the search engines won't know HOW that html was generated.

But if you read that closely, it rules javascript out. If you render the menu clientside, the search bots just ignore java, and won't see your menu structure.

Memberpro made a great point about planning your site out before you build it. He probably deserves talkupation for that, but it says I've given out too much of the stuff in the past 24 hours.

Originally Posted by Learning Newbie

The bottom of your site should say Copyright (C) Yeslelin. The date or year is not necessary. ( I'm assuming you're in the US. )

Not neccessary when your work is pictorial, graphic or sculptural, but the year of first publication should always be included on every thing else. Just good practice

Why do you suggest this is good practice?

This is about the only thing I use Dreamweaver for ... making site-wide changes that would be difficult in a regular text editor. That, and spell check.

Newbie suggests UltraEdit, which is very nice software ( I've used it at a number of jobs ), but you might consider Notepad++ instead. Just because it's open source ... free.