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**claffin** · 03-16-2009, 06:37 AM

Hey, I feel a bit stupid asking this question but i've drawn a blank im using the include function to make a website having heading/nav/footer but I cannot for the life of me remember the code thats needed to open the links in the nav bar in the main section i remember doing it years ago but just cant seem to remember now. http://handweaving.seitservices.com.au/index3.php is the site im testing it on. I know the main.php isnt suppose be that just cant remember what it is suppose to be.

Here is what I have.

PHP Code:


			
<table border="1" width="100%" height="0">
   <tr>
      <td height="120" width="100%" colspan="2"><?php include('heading.php');?> </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td height="0" width="20%"><?php include('leftmenu.php');?> </td>
      <td height="0" width="80%"><?php include('main.php');?> </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td height="50" width="100%" colspan="2"><?php include('bottom.php');?> </td>
   </tr>
</table>

leftmenu.php (not suppose to be what it is either)

HTML Code:

<a href="../index.php">Home</a><p>
<a href="../aboutus.php">About Us</a><p>
<a href="../products.php">Products</a><p>
<a href="../gallery.php">Gallery</a><p>
<a href="../contactus.php">Contact Us</a><p>

**dark_lord** · 03-16-2009, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by claffin

Hey, I feel a bit stupid asking this question but i've drawn a blank im using the include function to make a website having heading/nav/footer but I cannot for the life of me remember the code thats needed to open the links in the nav bar in the main section i remember doing it years ago but just cant seem to remember now. http://handweaving.seitservices.com.au/index3.php is the site im testing it on. I know the main.php isnt suppose be that just cant remember what it is suppose to be.

couldn't understand anything

**claffin** · 03-16-2009, 06:51 AM

another way to explain it would be

When clicking the links on the navbar i would like the corresponding page to open up in the main section.

**chrishirst** · 03-16-2009, 07:08 AM

That isn't done using includes, for that you would use frames or iframe.

BUT
Don't use frames or iframes to design a site neither should you be using tables for layout

**dark_lord** · 03-16-2009, 07:23 AM

iframes would do but you can do it with javascript(or better AJAX)@claffin!

but these are also against SEO!
You do it for good client side performance, but that may degrade your spider's site accessibility.

If you need high end client side performance, than use it otherwise don't.

i wonder why chrishirst said not to use tables for layout?!

**claffin** · 07:41 AM

Ok i have put the following code in

index.php
<head>
<title>test</title>
</head>

<body>
<?php
$page = 'main.php'; // Default page
$pages = array('main', 'about','products','gallery','contact');

// Check if p is set
if(isset($_GET['p'])) {

// Check if the page in the url is in the defined array
if(in_array($_GET['p']) $pages) {

$page = $_GET['p'].'.php';

} else {

$page = 'main.php';

}

}
?>

<table border="1" width="100%" height="0">
<tr>
<td height="120" width="100%" colspan="2"><?php include('heading.php');?> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="0" width="20%"><?php include('leftmenu.php');?> </td>
<td height="0" width="80%"><?php include($page);?> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="50" width="100%" colspan="2"><?php include('bottom.php');?> </td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>

and in leftmenu.php
<a href="../index.php?p=main">Home</a><p>
<a href="../index.php?p=about">About Us</a><p>
<a href="../index.php?p=products">Products</a><p>
<a href="../index.php?p=gallery">Gallery</a><p>
<a href="../index.php?p=contact">Contact Us</a><p>

you can see results at
http://handweaving.seitservices.com.au/

**claffin** · 03-16-2009, 07:41 AM

problem solved thanks