PHP Includes is used to INCLUDE a certain file into another file. It is useful because you don't have to change single page when you're
trying to update something. This is a much better option compared to iFrames.
Read this before starting!
There are a certain things you should do before you start.
- Remember that your CSS should be in a STYLESHEET.
- Validate your CSS.
Click here to validate.
- Your pages should all be in PHP. Not in html. If you use freewebs or other hosts that don't provide PHP support, then you can't use PHP Includes.
I suggest you go use iFrames then.
Now make sure you've done all that.
Firstly make a page called
header.php. It MUST be called
header.php don't change it to anything else.
The
header.php is where you put your top image and sidebar. Or anything else. Just DO NOT put your content here. Your content means for example
your blog. Or big box that all this text is, is called the content.
At the top of the
header.php document put the following :
You don't need to close your html and body tags because this will be done in the footer.
After that code you can put your top image and sidebar and stuff. If you need a guide of what to put, you go check out
my header
as a guidance.
Now create a page called
footer.php.
The footer is the stuff that goes at the bottom of the page. Mainly you just have to put your closing tags here. Paste the following in your
footer.php
Or you can also put some back forward links or a copyright here if you want. Like I did. If you want do this I suggest you check out
my footer page.
In the pages you want to have the same layout. Paste the following code :
Just remove the spaces between < ? and ? >
Anytime you want to change your layout simply edit the header.php page.
And there you go. You're done! That wasn't too hard. If this doesn't work feel free to contact me through the
or through ask and answer.