HTML5, possibly library?

[geto]

Greetings.

I have a small web site. I will have several pages and want to know if there is a way to link in format/layout information in all pages that will stay the same. Like side menus, top menus, stuff that will not change once it's concrete.

Otherwise it's a lot of cutting and pasting into each file.

Just wondering if there is something like this. I searched and found it could be libraries, but found a lot of information not relating to what I was looking for.

Thank you
Justin

[JAB Creations]

I think what you're talking about are template files. Like how you can include the same style sheet with a link element to use the same styling you want to use the same sidebar (X)HTML on all/most/certain pages, if I am correct.

There are a few ways to do this. I use PHP and the code is rather simple...

index.php

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<?php
include('sidebar.php');
include('menu.php');
?>

sidebar.php

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<div id="side">
<p>side bar here</p>
</div>
<?php
// random PHP code intermixed if neccesary
?>

There is also SSI, Server Side Includes which uses Apache I think.

If you're using a Microsoft server the code would look something like this...

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<!--#include virtual="header.html"-->

[geto]

That looks like what I'm talking about. Thank you. It points me in the right direction so I can do some more research.

Thank you.

I think what you're talking about are template files. Like how you can include the same style sheet with a link element to use the same styling you want to use the same sidebar (X)HTML on all/most/certain pages, if I am correct.

There are a few ways to do this. I use PHP and the code is rather simple...

index.php

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<?php
include('sidebar.php');
include('menu.php');
?>

sidebar.php

Code: Select all

<div id="side">
<p>side bar here</p>
</div>
<?php
// random PHP code intermixed if neccesary
?>

There is also SSI, Server Side Includes which uses Apache I think.

If you're using a Microsoft server the code would look something like this...

Code: Select all

<!--#include virtual="header.html"-->