NavBar PHP Includes

[Trikip]

I've been working on my website, and it's made me realize that the navbar PHP includes code would be a BIG help. Can someone please show me how to set it up and how it works?

EDIT: This belongs in resources, sorry, please move this.

 

[Kipkip]

Create one navbar and call it left.php. Do the same with the right. This would be index.php:

<?php include "left.php"; ?>
content here
<?php include "right.php"; ?>

 

[Trikip]

I kinda don't really know what you're talking about...

 

[scolari]

ok where you normally have your left navigation put <?php include "left.php"; ?> code in create a page called left.php (i think it could also be html or txt) and in that page have your navigation

 

[Trikip]

Ok, so instead of putting my left nav at all, I would only put <?php include "left.php"; ?> and just make left.php with the left nav in it?

EDIT: I'm pretty sure I get this now, it's a lot easier than I thought lol.

EDIT 2: Ok, what do I do after that?

 

[Rukario]

heres how i do it:

<!-- Main -->
<div id="main">
<table width="770" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center">
  <tr>
    <td width="130" valign="top" align="left"><!-- Start Left Banner -->
		<?php include ('left_nav.inc'); ?>
		<?php include ('left_ads.inc'); ?>
	<!-- End Left Banner -->
	</td>
        <td width="520" valign="top">
		<!-- Start Main Content
<php include ("ads.txt"); ?><br /> -->
<?php
if (!$id) {
$id = "main";
$include = $id . ".html";
}
else {
$include = $id . ".html";
}
if (is_file($include) == "1") {
        include $include;
}
else {
include "404.html";
}
?>
<div align="center"><hr width="80%">
<?php include ('topsites.inc'); ?>
  <!-- End Main Content -->
    </td>
    <td width="120" valign="top"><!-- Begin Right Banner -->
		<?php include ('pokedex.inc'); ?>
		<br />
		<?php include ('right_nav.inc'); ?>
		<?php include ('whats_on.inc'); ?>		
		<?php include ('right_ads.inc'); ?>
  <!-- End Right Banner -->
	  </td>
  </tr>
</table></div>

 

[Trikip]

Yeah, someone tried to teach it to me that way, but I got confused lol.

 

[PD Wooper]

As I've tried to tell you many a time, don't include the menus, include the content :/

have your content files in pages/ (or rename to watever)
and called watever.html, watev4.html, whatever.html etc.

<? include("pages/" . $spc . ".html"); ?>

There's some way to make sure the file exists but I've forgotten the code.

Oooh yeah, make your links like this

<a href="?spc=watever">Watever</a><br>  // this will include pages/watever.html
<a href="?spc=watev4">Wateva</a><br>  // this will include pages/watev4.html
<a href="?spc=wateva">Watev4</a><br> // this will include pages/wateva.html

 

[Cool Cr@cker]

Okay -- Goto Your site..Open the Source..Copy it Fully & paste and In a Notepad or HTML Editor. Del all the Content and have only the Stuff you will have as COmmon on all Pages --> Layouts, Links,etc.
Then Follow what Kip-Kip Tells in the "PHP/CSS Help Thread"

 

[PD Wooper]

You are a master at making things people say simpler!

 

[Trikip]

As I've tried to tell you many a time, don't include the menus, include the content :/

have your content files in pages/ (or rename to watever)
and called watever.html, watev4.html, whatever.html etc.

<? include("pages/" . $spc . ".html"); ?>

There's some way to make sure the file exists but I've forgotten the code.

Oooh yeah, make your links like this

<a href="?spc=watever">Watever</a><br>  // this will include pages/watever.html
<a href="?spc=watev4">Wateva</a><br>  // this will include pages/watev4.html
<a href="?spc=wateva">Watev4</a><br> // this will include pages/wateva.html

After thinking for about five minutes, I've finally realized what you mean. XD Thanks a lot, I will try that.

EDIT: Ok, now I'm confused. On my index page, I'm getting a "Warning" thing and it said the page doesn't exist. Then when I go to the page I was trying to include (my staff page), it shows the content of my index page, then it shows the content of the staff page.

 

[Geometric-sama]

*screams* Something like this is gonna confuse webmasters. Is there a tute in the Tech Institute? If not, I'll write one...

 

[Trikip]

I'm pretty sure there isn't a tutorial, if you right one please let me know.

 

[PD Wooper]

You put that code in the index page :p

 

[Trikip]

Yeah, I put it on the index page like you told me to.

 

[PD Wooper]

Oh...uhm..it should work...make sure you dont have the whole layout on your content files.

 

[Trikip]

Nope, I don't. The code I put was:

<? include("pages/" . $spc . "staff.html"); ?>

And the link code I put was:

<a href="?spc=staff">Staff</a>

Oh lol, I was supposed to put this right?

<a href="https://www.thestorageunit.com/slateport/?spc=staff">Staff</a>

 

[Geometric-sama]

Right then, a tute it shall be. I'll write it up, like, tomorrow or something.

EDIT: Here's your tute. https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/29287