Quick Question.

[dflynn]

Hey guys,

I'm redesigning the website for my father's business.
I'm going CSS/HTML this time as opposed to tables.

Anyway, the question;

On the site there is a list of events that the company will be attending. I was wondering if there is a way to have the site load the list on it's own instead of having copy and paste the list onto each page.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

[flabbyrabbit]

you could use:

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<?php
include('page.html');
?>

Which will put page.html where ever the code is. So when you update page.html it will change on all of the pages.

Flabby Rabbit

[dflynn]

I don't quite understand how this works.
The list is only 160px down the left side of the site.
using

<?php
include('page.html');
?>

Will that load everything on page.html into just that Div layer?
So if page.html is just a list, no images or any other text, then that would load into the Div Layer on other pages?

[flabbyrabbit]

Yeah, what it does it just puts all the code from page.html, where u added the include. So if the include is in a div text or what ever will stay in that div.

Flabby Rabbit

[dflynn]

Ok, thanks a lot flabbyrabbit

[dflynn]

I found out (the hard way) that my dad's hosting plan doesn't support php. I'm pretty disappointed now. but is there a way to do this with javascript possibly?

[flabbyrabbit]

Oh i don't think so, but i will have a look. What languages does your host support?

Flabby Rabbit

[dflynn]

Because the company doesn't do any business online, the site is mainly there for people who already know about us. The hosting plan is practically file storage and email accounts. So it will only support the basics, html, css, javascript.
What it doesn't support: Php, perl, cgi-bin, asp asp.net, mySQL.
So I'm limited in that way.

[flabbyrabbit]

You could use IFrames, which just shows another file.

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<iframe sre="www.google.com" height=100 widht=100></iframe>

You may need to change the widths and heights to fit your needs but it should work.

Flabby Rabbit

[dflynn]

hmm interesting. I've never used iframes before.

Thanks again Flabbyrabbit