What is an easy way of updating web stuffs?

[Lt.Steele]

Ok...here is the situation

I currently have 40 web pages with huge links in every page which are suppose to be the same. If i want to add a new html page, i then must update EVERY single links in each page as well. What can i do so it would be very easy to update? For example, i update a file and then it automatically updates everything for me I do NOT want a framed web page, it then makes my web looks crap

 

[chicos]

the best way would be to use ssi.. not sure about the exact way of doing it but if i remember correctly make a page and modify all your pages to call that one page. then just update that one page when you need to change the links.

 

[jvv]

The best way is to get an html editor that supports templates like dreamweaver... this allows you to update one page without having to do all the others.

 

[Koolguy]

Originally posted by chicos
the best way would be to use ssi.. not sure about the exact way of doing it but if i remember correctly make a page and modify all your pages to call that one page. then just update that one page when you need to change the links.

Actually a better way would be to include the file with php, much faster.

 

[Gonzo]

Get your code here...

This is the code for SSI and PHP.
SSI:

<!--#include file="links.html" -->

This is if your file that you want to include is named links.html. Your page that you use this on must end in .shtml

PHP:

<? include "links.html" ?>

This is if the file that has the links in it is named links.html. your page must end in .php or .php3 what every your host wants you to use.

 

[Lt.Steele]

wow, great, which one is better?

SSI

or

PHP

 

[Zoom]

I think PHP is!

I think PHP is!

 

[Technics]

php as it does not use as many system resources and its also an easy language to learn. I just bought a php4 book "teach yourself php4 in 24 hours ". Part of the sams teach yourself range and id say i have a very good understanding of it now.

 

[jvv]

The thing is that not all hosts support PHP at this moment.

 

[atlas]

The best way isn't using PHP. It's quite annoying to have all your html docs to php docs. A more efficient way is to make a generalized template and have a perl script build all of your pages from that template.

Less server load, as well as being "cleaner"

mjk@atlascgi.com

 

[Zoom]

to atlas:

To atlas: You could build one(!!!!) template and create txt files(with content)...
And you could call the page like this: http://www.your-lovely-host/index.php?copyright
or http://www.your-lovely-host/?copyright
It's very cool!!!