Changing HTML page structure - php?

**barti** · 10-05-2005 10:03 AM

Hi. I'm working on this page where the main manu is on the left and the content on the right. the problem is that there are hundreds of pages of content and the left menu is quite limited and needs a bit expanding. of course there are submenus on the content pages. i connot change the look of the website. all pages are html only. there are some bits with js.

i would like to have the left menu as a seperate file which i could easily modify without having to modify it on all the pages. i know that i can use the include command in php, but i need more advise on how to do that successfully.

getting rid of this menu on the left will also help in se ranking for robots will parse the code and get to the content much quicker.

i would also like footer as a seperate file. any help will be appreciated. thanks

**agent_x91** · 10-05-2005 10:27 AM

It's hard to understand exactly what you mean without seeing some code... have you tried using framesets in html?

**emin3m** · 10-05-2005 10:38 AM

take this for example
full.html is kinda template
full.html

Code:

<html>
<body>
<table width="100%">
<tr><td colspan="3" width="100%">header here </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td width="12%" valign="top"> Column Left</td>
<td width="86%">Body Area</td>
<td width="12%" valign="top">Column Right</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="3" width="100%">Footer here</td>
</tr>
</table>

page_top.php

Code:

<html>
<body>
<table width="100%">
<tr><td colspan="3" width="100%"><?php require "header.php"; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td width="12%" valign="top"><?php require "column_left.php"; ?></td>
<td width="86%">

page_bottom.php

Code:

</td>
<td width="12%" valign="top"><?php require "column_right.php"; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="3" width="100%"><?php require "footer.php"; ?></td>
</tr>
</table>

column_right.php

Code:

<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td>This is Column Right</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Menu Item 1</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Menu Item 2</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Menu Item 3</td>
</tr>
</table>

column_left.php

Code:

<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td>This is Left Column</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Menu Item 1</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Menu Item 2</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Menu Item 3</td>
</tr>
</table>

header.php

Code:

<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td>This is Herader</td>
</tr>
</table>

footer.php

Code:

<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td>This is footer</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>footer Page has its own table</td>
</tr>
</table>

index.php

Code:

<?php require "page_top.php"; ?>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td>This is index page</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Index Page has its own table</td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php require "page_bottom.php"; ?>

newsletter.php

Code:

<?php require "page_top.php"; ?>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">Plesase Login here</td>
</tr>
<form action="nowhere.php">
<tr>
<td>Enter Email</td>
<td><input name="email"></td>

</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit"></td>
</tr>
</form>
</table>
<?php require "page_bottom.php"; ?>

newsletter.php and index.php are the main pages
others are just included
i think ull figure out rest
or ill explain later :P

**agent_x91** · 10-05-2005 10:55 AM

Wow... someone has a lot of free time

**emin3m** · 10-05-2005 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by agent_x91

Wow... someone has a lot of free time

lol am in office

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