CSS Menu not Dynamic??? - Page 2

Feb 22nd, 2010 at 01:55 PM
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skywalker89
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Hi Eric,

thank you!

I looked it up and include is part of SSI... so I am on the right track :D thanks!

but it does not seem to work

this is the code <?php include_once("menu.inc"); ?>

and the file menu.inc is in the dsame folder on my hd

but the menu bar is empty
can it be that I cannot preview this?

thank you
Daniel
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Feb 22nd, 2010 at 02:30 PM
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first, I forgot to mention that your html file (the non menu one) has to be named ".shtml" This ending tells the server that there is an include that needs to be found.

Second, your .shtml file where you want the menu to appear should be this code:

<!--#include virtual="navigation.html" -->

Of course you replace "navigation.html" with the actual file name of your html source.

This should get you going on the right track.
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Feb 22nd, 2010 at 02:31 PM
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One more thing. You can only preview your menu on your server. In other words you must have it uploaded somewhere to see the menu (hence server side). :D
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Feb 22nd, 2010 at 02:42 PM
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skywalker89
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Hi, thank you very much...

am trying it right now

what I am not understanding is that the index.html must be index.shtml then, too ???

no problem??

Thank you soo much

Daniel
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Feb 22nd, 2010 at 02:44 PM
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skywalker89
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and

#include virtual="navigation.html"

is shown where the menu should behttp://homeofhomebusiness.com/templatehohb.shtml

???

this is the code

</div><!-- -->
<div id="navigation" style="WIDTH: 21%; HEIGHT: 723px">
<h2>Navigation</h2><!-- -->#include virtual="navigation.html"
</div>


Thank you!!

Daniel
Daniel P.
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Feb 22nd, 2010 at 02:46 PM
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skywalker89
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<!-- --> is "nevermind" in html, isn't it???????

Daniel
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Feb 22nd, 2010 at 03:59 PM
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Stephen E
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Daniel P,

Stephen, since I read your post I am experimenting with php

were has menu.inc to go? Same folder? And plain textfile .inc?


menu.inc can go anywhere you would like. If it's in a directory at the
main level called "include", you could say

<?php include_once("include/menu.inc"); ?>


And menu.inc is just a plain text file. You can call it menu.txt if you like. (You have to set Coffee Cup to be able to open .inc files in the options or preferences or soemthing like this.)

Good luck!
Feb 22nd, 2010 at 04:36 PM
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Your host also has to offer server side includes.
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Feb 22nd, 2010 at 05:11 PM
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skywalker89
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HI,

nothing worked until I called the files .php

now it works

thank you

Daniel
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Feb 22nd, 2010 at 09:58 PM
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Stephen E
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nothing worked until I called the files .php


Um...oops, sorry I forgot to mention that. (I actually forgot it.)

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