PHP Forum

**webspace** · 08-14-2004, 12:13 PM

I want to create a PHP site I have been making large sites 300 pages in HTML.

These are all informational sites the articles don't need to be changed, I would, however like to update the text link advertisments without editing every page. It gets old.
I have edited some PHP, but I don't understand much of it just enough to add advertisments to a site that is written in PHP.

I don't know how to set it up on the server.

What I need: A way to make my navigation links change for all my pages with only one edit in a main file.

It has to in a way that will not screw up my search engine rankings.

Advice?

Offers?

**litebearer** · 08-14-2004, 02:48 PM

put your nav coding in a file named nav.php; then in your other files put

PHP Code:


			
include ('nav.php');

at the point where you want the nav displayed

**Dark-Skys99** · 08-14-2004, 03:06 PM

To Simplify that...

PHP Code:


			
<?php include 'navpage.htm'; ?>

You could then add this into every html file and just change the extension to .php

-James

**webspace** · 08-14-2004, 05:15 PM

I don't know how to set up the server to run PHP.

I have one site that is a turn key site with a site file manager that has an online editor. So can I make and HTML doc call on the php script or does it have to be a PHP page?

I downloaded a WYSIWYG PHP editor but couldn't figure it out.

I'm just lost on PHP.

Can you point me in the direction of some good tutorials, or some tips. Free software is always a plus.

Thanks.

**Dark-Skys99** · 08-14-2004, 05:33 PM

Your host should already have php setup...

You just need to add the php into the html where you want it to appear...But it needs to be saved as .php

example

PHP Code:


			
<html>

<head>

<title>Some HTML Document</title>

</head>

<body>

<table>

<tr>

<td>

<?php include 'navpage.htm'; ?> 

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</body>

</html>

That way the file included with the php will be displayed in the table...

But remember it needs to be saved as .php for it to work..

You can find some good tutorials @ http://www.w3schools.com/php/

-James

**Drip** · 05:41 PM

If you are running a site off of your computer, go to PHP.net and download the installer. Install PHP onto you computer.
Restart.
Then configure your IIS starting page to index.php.
Open your index.html in notepad, Save-As index.php .

Then, lets say your navigation bar is in a table, simple take that whole navigation script, from <table> to </table> and place it in a .txt or .html or anything. Then, in your index.php, where that table information that you put in the .txt, put this script:

PHP Code:


			
<?php require("pathto/nav.txt"); ?>

Save the document and there you go. any questions, email drip913@hotmail.com

Example Before:

HTML Code:

<html>
<body>
<table border="1"><tr>
<td align="center">
Navigation
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
-- Home<br>
-- Links<br>
-- Etc...
</td></tr></table>
</body>
</html>

Lets say thats how your nav bar looks, copy all that, from <table> to </table> and save it into a .txt, delete all of that that you copied, and replace it so it should look like this:

PHP Code:


			
<html>

<body>

<?php require("pathto/nav.txt"); ?>

</body>

</html>

save that as .php and use the .txt to edit its contents, simple and very effective, i use... extensively.

**webspace** · 08-14-2004, 10:43 PM

Which one do I need to save as php.

So do I make the Index page index.php

Then the nav page nav.php.

Or do I just name them .htm??

So my nav would look something like this

PHP Code:


			
<style fprolloverstyle>A:hover {color: #FF0000; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold}

</style>

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%">

  <tr>

    <td width="100%"><a href="http://www.yahoo.com">

    <font size="2" face="Georgia">Yahoo!</font></a></td>

  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td width="100%"><a href="http://www.msn.com"><font size="2" face="Georgia">

    MSN</font></a></td>

  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td width="100%"><a href="http://www.google.com">

    <font size="2" face="Georgia">Google</font></a></td>

  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td width="100%"><a href="http://www.ebay.com/">

    <font size="2" face="Georgia">Ebay</font></a></td>

  </tr>

</table>

And my index or template would look like this

PHP Code:


			
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">



<html>



<head>

<title>Sans Titre</title>

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

<meta name="generator" content="HAPedit 3.1">

</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">

<?php require("pathto/nav.txt"); ?>

</body>



</html>

But which do I save as .htm and which as .php?

Please explain this tag.
<?php require("pathto/nav.txt"); ?>

Should I format it like this?
<?php require("pathto/http://www.mydomain/nav.txt"); ?>

How does this work?

**litebearer** · 08-14-2004, 11:50 PM

name any of the files .php that have php tags in them.

As for

PHP Code:


			
<?php require("pathto/nav.txt"); ?>

it is simply saying that the nav.txt file MUST be included or cease the script.

If your files are all in the same folder

PHP Code:


			
 <?php require("nav.txt"); ?>

is sufficient otherwise have the full path.

**webspace** · 08-15-2004, 03:21 AM

O.K. That makes sense.

What is a full path?

**redcircle** · 08-15-2004, 04:14 AM

full path the the entire path to the root. i.e. c:\inetpub\www or wherever your files are located

**Drip** · 08-15-2004, 01:24 PM

sorry bout that, i did get a little sloppy explaining. yes, this script was pretty much written for this, most of the pages on my website look like this:

PHP Code:


			
<html>

<head>

<?php require("includes/header.html"); ?>



</head>

<body

<center>

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr>

<td valign="top" width="190" align="center">





<?php require("includes/left.html"); ?>



</td>

<td valign="top" width="570" align="center">



<?php require("includes/news.html"); ?><br>

<?php require("includes/footer.html"); ?>



</td>

<td valign="top" width="190" align="center">



<?php require("includes/right.html"); ?><br>



</td></tr></table>

</body>

</html>