best way to do this?

this depends on how you build each page.
You can insert via php an paragraph from one xml file using xslt (this is how I do it on my website). but I'm not familiar with searches.

I was initially thinking xml and DOM parser.
XML Text file would be something like:
<page1Paragraph>This is the text that goes on page 1.</page1Paragraph>
<page2Paragraph>This is the text that goes on page 2.</page2Paragraph>
<page3Paragraph>This is the text that goes on page 3.</page3Paragraph>
etc.

Then have a loadXMLDoc function on each page with a <pageXParagraph>div.
I can't get it to work, though, and wondered if anyone had any ideas on this, or perhaps a better way to do it.

Everyone on this board seems sharp and well-rounded, so it looked like the best place to ask.

I found this script, but, while it worked locally, oddly, it didn't work when I tried it on a server. It's exactly what I need. (Except, of course, that it doesn't quite work.)
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread....1443973&page=10

By searchable, I simply mean that I want the text embedded in the html, not like an iframe or Spry.

Thanks for your help.

have you any means to find out why the script does not work on the server? (personally, I use the Firebug plugin for Firefox) My guess is, that maybe the XML file is not loaded correctly.

It works locally only in Safari, not even in Firefox. Doesn't work on anything from the server. I'm ready to give up.
Doesn't anyone have some scripts that do this? DOM Parser, HTTPRequest? My pages are php.

Thanks!

Ok, one possible solution using XSL:

part 1 - designing the xml file

this strongly depends on how you identify each page. You said you have quite a lot pages I recomment identification by id attribute (or similar).

of course you can use any id value you like (e.g. numbers, characters, random strings)

part 2 - writing xsl

you get the <page> element you want by selecting the appropriate id.



note: you have to set the <xsl:param> through php to get the desired result. the default is only a fallback.

part 3 - putting it all together

important note: as I'm using php4, xsl processing is quite different to php5, if you're using that please look up the xsl processing on www.php.net.
this function combines the xml and xsl and returns the result thereof. you might want to check, if there was an error or not.

the thing you have to develop is how each site is connected to the ids in the xml file