Ok Ive figured out im going to do my layout in php and use the Include command, instead of my old way ...Iframes. uhgh. I have some questions though. I think I basically understand how it works, But I have a few questions. Say you make a navigation with the links Images, Staff, and About. , And on the main template you use the include command to include that page there. How would I make a new page for the images that still have the include navigation page on it. I figure you would have type it in on every page you make. that would be almost as much as linking each page in regular html. I hope you guys understand what Im trying to say.

THis may help further. In Iframes in the link you made. you use the target= command in the link to tell the link to goto the designated iframe. Im trying to figure out the way php works in this matter.

BoardTng

This may not be the BEST way to use the include() but this is how i use it.

I would make the main template with spaces for the nav bar and the content, the spaces being empty cells of a frame. The easy way to do it is to then just make the page as you normally would with the nav bar but then once youve done it cut ALL the code that appears in the nav bar's cell (leaving the CELL's code there so as not to mess up the display) then paste it into a new document and where the code used to be just put <?php include('navbar.php') ?> and it, essentially, works as if the code in the included file was just dumped into the navbar cell.

I hope this makes sense, as i say it might not be the best way to use them but it seems to work for me.

Stoot

Seems to me this will work. Another question is. Say for the navigation with the links. How would I make a new page? Just use the original template (with the includes), add the content needed and save it such as contact.php?

yep that's about it.

I usually set up a page with all the includes in place and any other common features even the DTD, some of the meta info , the style sheet line etc are as includes. Call it layout.php then open it in the editor and do save as