Another Question

[omgwtfdan]

Okay, so I have another question to ask you guys. I've surfed around the net and haven't really found an answer.

Anyways, I have the same navigation on every single page. Is there a way I can make this into an external page, such as css? So I can just modify that one page and it will modify all the pages? Is this possible?

Thank You

[Kentor]

It's not possible to do this with pure html.
Do you have Server side includes (uses .shtml)? or php?
If you don't have either I guess you can use those nasty frames...

[Threeboy]

you COULD use an external javascript file and include it on your pages for a nav - then you'd just have one file to update.

[NMO]

With PHP it's fairly easy, it only requires that you have php enabled on your site, and for the document you are placing the code in to have a .php extension. Then where your navigation normally goes in your code, put this;
<?php
include('insert.file.name.here');
?>
In the navigation file you can put html etc.

[Jamblo]

...or even just a text file

[omgwtfdan]

Looks like I should start learning Java and PHP. Shouldn't take me too long, though, considering I learnt HTML and CSS in a week.

Thanks for all the help. I appreciate it.

[edit] Jamblo, how would you do that?

[Jamblo]

Well, continuing from what NMO said... you include nav.txt or whatever, and just have the raw html in there... what i'm saying is you don't necessarily have to include a html file. Ideally you'd include it as a .php file, as then you'd still be able to view it in a WYSIWYG editor, but wouldn't need unnecessary duplicate head/body tags. Best of both worlds.

[cOnflictXX]

1. Find out if your FTP server supports PHP or ASP
2. Make a text file of your included file
3. Save the file in a specific directory (i.e. "includes")

If your server supports ASP
4. Rename your file to extension .asp (instead of .html)
5. Use the code <%include file="includes/blah.txt"%> in your HTML, where the code would normally be, obviously replacing includes/blah.txt with the actual path to your included text file.

If your server supports PHP
4. Rename your file to extension .php (instead of .html)
5. Use the code <?php include 'includes/blah.txt';?> in your HTML, where the code would normally be, obviously replacing includes/blah.txt with the actual path to your included text file.

6. Upload that shit.

[omgwtfdan]

okay, thanks guys.