Same Text in Multiple pages as well as images

RVFmal · #1 Dec 3rd, 2006, 10:31

Hopefully someone can help.

I want to create a newsletter page, and want to reflect an abridged version of each of the news snippets on 5 pages in the website that will automatically update when I make chnages to the newsletter page.

Can this be done?

I also want to ensure that on all the pages, if there is an image that is reflected on all the pages, that if I make changes to it that it updates all the pages without having to do each page individually.

I am a bit of a noob.

gustava32 · #2 Dec 3rd, 2006, 11:31

The best way to do this is to create a header file that each of the pages calls.

That way all you have to do is change the header page and every other page will appear as though they have been changed

RVFmal · #3 Dec 4th, 2006, 13:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by gustava32

The best way to do this is to create a header file that each of the pages calls.

That way all you have to do is change the header page and every other page will appear as though they have been changed

Much appreciated. Now, how do I do that?

gustava32 · #4 Dec 4th, 2006, 16:21

You simply put all of the stuff that you need to include in one file and make sure that every page calls that file.

Someone else might have to help you here though, as I cant remember how to do it in html. I can do it in PHP though if thats any use lol!

RVFmal · #5 Dec 5th, 2006, 06:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by gustava32

You simply put all of the stuff that you need to include in one file and make sure that every page calls that file.

Someone else might have to help you here though, as I cant remember how to do it in html. I can do it in PHP though if thats any use lol!

PHP would be fine

gustava32 · #6 Dec 5th, 2006, 10:46

OK here is the header from one of my pages:

PHP: Select all


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<?php
    require_once("includes\DbConnector.php");
    require_once('includes\Sentry.php');
    require_once('includes\Validator.php');
    $theSentry = new Sentry();
    $Connector = new DbConnector();
    $validator = new Validator();
    
    error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
    $userloggedin = false;
    if (!$theSentry->checkLogin(2) )
    { 
        $userloggedin = false;
    }
    else
    {
        $userloggedin = true;
    }
?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>GarethWinter.com</title>
<link href="/new.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style1 {font-size: 24px}
-->
</style>
</head>

<body>

<div id="Menu">
    <u>This Site</u><br />
  <?php
            $sql = "SELECT * FROM links";
            $getLinks = $Connector->query($sql);
            while ($row = $Connector->fetchArray($getLinks))
            {
                $name = $row['urlname'];
                $link = $row['url'];
                
                echo '<a href="'.$link.'">'.$name.'</a><br />';
            }
        ?>
    <br />
    <u>Other Sites</u><br />
    <?php
            $sql = "SELECT * FROM externallinks";
            $getLinks = $Connector->query($sql);
            while ($row = $Connector->fetchArray($getLinks))
            {
                $name = $row['urlname'];
                $link = $row['url'];
                
                echo '<a href="'.$link.'" target="_blank">'.$name.'</a><br />';
            }
    ?>    
    <?php 
        if($userloggedin==true) //Only display the admin Links when the user is logged in.
        {
            echo '<br /><u>Admin Pages</u><br />';
            echo '<a href="../cmsadmin/admin.php">Admin Page</a><br />';
            echo '<a href="../phpmyadmin-2.8.0.2" target="_blank">Database Admin Page</a><br />';
        }
    ?>
</div>

<div id="Header"><a class="style1" href="../cmsadmin/admin.php" title="Click here to Login to Gareth Winter.com">GarethWinter.com</a></div>

You can ignore most of the PHP its because I have logins enabled. As you can see i have the Header and the links divs in this file as they will always be the same on every page.

Then i would call this in every page like so:

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<?php require_once("header.php"); ?> //This is where we call the header file.
      <div id="Content">
    <?php
        $sql = "Select * FROM pagecontent WHERE page = 'home'";
        if($result = $Connector->query($sql))
        {
            while ($row = $Connector->fetchArray($result)){
                echo nl2br('<h1>'.$row['title'].'</h1>');
                echo nl2br(''.$row['content']); 
            }
        } 
        else
        {
            echo mysql_error();
        }    
    ?>
    <br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <b>PLEASE NOTE:</b> All items on this website belong to <a href="mailto:root@garethwinter.com">Gareth Winter</a> the Owner of this site. Also all photos on this website are property of Gareth Winter and it would be much appreciated if you were to ask permission before using them.<br />
    </div>
</body>
</html>

You then see that i have a content div, which is different in every page that I have, but that its the only difference.

I hope this helps you to understand it a bit better.

RVFmal · #7 Dec 5th, 2006, 12:50

Thanks for the help. Although a little bit out of my league (I am currently at the join the dots stage of web design) in respects of trying to decipher the code above.

gustava32 · #8 Dec 5th, 2006, 12:57

Like I said you can probably ignore all of the PHP in the first section, just see that i have set up a couple of divs.

The second one is the important part where it includes the header.php file.

Ryan Fait · #9 Dec 5th, 2006, 19:51

You could always use a content management system for parts of your site. Textpattern is a good one

RVFmal · #10 Dec 6th, 2006, 08:07

Thanks. Still a bit confuzzed on the PHP, but will give it a shot.

How difficult will it be to integrate the CMS into the existing website design?

JacobHaug · #11 Dec 6th, 2006, 15:17

If you have PHP questions, just post them into the PHP forum. As for how hard is it to integrate a CMS into your current design/website...?? It all depends on the CMS system, but most of them are relatively easy.

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