template???

[IcSilk]

I am building a site and I want every page to have to same look.

I am putting the left navigation and menu bar and the top logo and headline on everypage.
Everything in between them will be differant depending on the page.

I want all the code for the left nav bar and headline on one file and when I start a notepad page for the home page and other pages I want to reference the original file (without having alot of the same code on every page) with a line of code and then put in the extra code for whatever will be seen on that page. I hope I have explained this properly.

What I mean is - I want one notepad page that defines the left nav. bar and heading and then on the source for the pages I want to reference this 'template' file and then add the code for each individual page - not have redundant code on every page.

How do I do this?

This is not a question of style sheets, so please in answering, don't confuse what Im askiing with .css's. It is somewhat like style sheets in that if, for example, I want to change the displayed heading logo I only have to do it on the original 'template' file ..........

Im thinking it has to do with the 'link' tag in the head, but I can't get any of the attributes to this tag to work ......... or maybe its not the 'link' tag ..... lol

Thanks to all who respond ............

[EaseZE]

Could use php Include() explained here: http://www.hardcoder.com/scripting/p...lude_files.php

asp.net you can also do this with a header page but I can't remember how.
I think thats what you are asking.

[IcSilk]

EaseEZ - cheers mate ........... by AO standards I waited an abnormally long amount of time for a response and answer to this question ...... and finding it myself wasn't easy as I wasn't sure what to look for .......

The link you provided (after reading just the intro) looks to be what I was looking for and was quickly bookmarked.

again, cheers mate.......

[Black Cluster]

If you are looking to a unified website looking without a lot of redundant designing and coding, why not using CSS ????

Plenty of tutorilas are avilable out there...

I hope I could be of help


Cheers

[IcSilk]

Cheers BC ...... I do use CSS but it was not practical in this case.
I needed to put all the code for the left nav bar and heading on one file to call it to all the pages, so If I changed or reordered something I didn't have to do it on all the source pages.

It wasn't just a matter of the formatting of the text and such - it was a matter of having one page access to the code of all the pages.

thanks for taking the time to reply though.