Enter Table On Several Pages

magpie · #1 (**permalink**) Jul 21st, 2007, 22:31

I have a Links section which has 40 sub pages, at the top of each page I am wanting to show the same list of titles, these are edited frequently and at present I have to edit all 40 pages with the same changes.

Please help how to link one list on to all 40 pages so only the one list requires editing.

Ther must be an easy way around it?

Lchad · #2 (**permalink**) Jul 21st, 2007, 22:38

There is a better way but it's not necessarily easier to start.
You are going to need to use php includes.

You'll start with a page titled something like, table.php
In that page you will set up your table as you want it to look on all 40 pages.

Where you want the table to appear on the links page you will use the include php coding found here.

Code: Select all

<?php include("table.php"); ?>

Then resave each links page as a php page. links1.php, links2.php (of course any name you want them to be is fine)

Here is a tutorial http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/131/0.php

I'm not great at describing step by step so have a glance at the tutorial and see if it makes sense.
Oh I should mention the magic takes place later.

When you want to make a change to the links table, you only go to the page table.php Make the change there and presto all the changes will appear in all the rest of the pages.

magpie · #3 (**permalink**) Jul 22nd, 2007, 08:33

Many thanks for the info, I will give it a try as it will make things far easier.

magpie · #4 (**permalink**) Jul 22nd, 2007, 20:46

You explained it far better than the tutorial!

Can you please confirm if in the new master page "table.php" all the html tags should be included like any HTML page.
<HTML> <HEAD>
<BODY>
</BODY>
</HTML>

I have included them and it works, but did not know if the above should be included?

Lchad · #5 (**permalink**) Jul 22nd, 2007, 21:36

Yes that's perfect. You need to set it up as any normal page, just save it as a .php

Your life will be so much easier now..

Rob · #6 (**permalink**) Jul 22nd, 2007, 22:08

Just as an aside, this does not HAVE to be php. It could be ASP, JSP or a multitude of other server side languages. Even normal HTML pages saved with a .shtml extension should allow server side includes in this fashion.

I just thought it worth pointing out that php isnt the only choice for what magpie is trying to achieve.

pa007 · #7 (**permalink**) Jul 22nd, 2007, 23:04

Definitely, I think that part of the reson php is so popular is because of includes and mail forms. People start with something simple and then when (if) they want to make a cms or similar turn to php because they are familiar with the very basics. I am personally believe that asp is a stronger language than php when you take into acount some of its features. Though it does have its issues as do all languages.

Magpie, includes (no matter what language you use) will make your life so much simpler. In the long run they will not only save you time when maintaining the site but can also save on storage. After a while their becomes almost a habit and I find that I use them for even the simplest sites. It means I can cut down on code and maintain consistency.

Pete.

karinne · #8 (**permalink**) Jul 23rd, 2007, 11:54

This article might help

Using includes to add common elements to your sites.

magpie · #9 (**permalink**) Jul 23rd, 2007, 19:29

Thanks for the comments.

As one of the pages (at the moment an .html extension) is one of the top 10 out of 1.8 million in Google for "Football Kit Suppliers" I was wary of changing the page to a .php as the page would have to get picked up again by Google and fight its way back through all the other pages.
But do I read it correctly that this could stay as an html and the .php included in the page would still work, or does the page have to change to .shtml, or .php etc . I can try but wondered what you thought.

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