keeping the same content in a cell from page to page

[NoPeasHear]

I didn't know where to put this question, or how to even word it.

If I have a portion of my page that I want to load the same way on every page, how would I create a file that it would load and how would I link it to every page?

Please - examples - or a tutorial or something ... a bone?

[ronverdonk]

Usually you make a template of your site containg a fixed part and a 'variable' part. It contains, let's say for example, (1) the html headers, (2) the js and css includes, (3) the fixed header, (4) the fixed menu, (5) the fixed side bars and (6) the start of the variable part usually with a <div> construction.

Sometimes there is also a bottom template for date, copyright, etc. Each page of the site starts loading the template and fills the variable part dynamically. E.g.

<?php
// This template contains alls the start HTML, the CSS, the JS, and all the other fixed parts.
require_once('top_template.php');
?>
// Here is the variable part within <div> ... </div>
// Switching to HTML but can also be done using e.g. PHP
<div class="xxxx">  where the xxxx class is defined in the previously loaded CSS definitions
..................................
.... your variable part (code, images, html, ...) 
....................................
</div>
<?php
// This template can contain some bottom line fixed parts, date, copyright, etc.
require_once('bottom_template.php');
?>
 

I am sorry to say that I don't know where to find tutorials on this topic. I have been using this construction for so long that I don't know how I learned it. Probably by trial and error.

Ronald :cool:

[2jdesign]

Have you tried using frames or php site.

[stevehnsn]

Please spare us all and do not use frames. EVER! This particular component should be shunned and bannished to the land of Foobar for eternity. Like the top poster said, use templates to include your common code, and variables to control any variable data. See this example:
Using PHP Includes to Manage Common Components

Good luck!

Steve Hanson
Tasen Software
New Hampshire (NH) Website Design & Software Development