How To Set Up Common Code in HTML 8

xyzuser · Jan 14, 2009

Basic question. I have HTML code that is common to many pages. Naturally I want to use these as a common routine that is callable, so that when I change the common HTML code it gets picked up in each page (instead of chaning each page individually).

Where do I store this and how do I link to/call it? It's not CSS styles and it's not javascript (I know how to do those).
Thanks

johnwm · Jan 17, 2009

That would be normal to break your standard pages into as many parts as necessary. Here is a section from one of my sites

Code:

<?php
$title='My Page Title';
include("header1.php"); // opens/closes <head>, uses $title to set page title and header, sets up CSS
include("lhc.php"); // includes menu stuff
include("rhchead.php"); // contains layout and header for main section
echo("<p> this is where the actual text for the first para goes</p>");
include("middlebit.php"); // standard centre block
echo("<p> this is where the actual text for the last para goes</p>");
include("footer.php"); // standard last block contains footer info, tidy up etc
?>

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xyzuser · Jan 18, 2009

Thank you johnwm for confirming my understanding.

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