Beginner.. need a little help

[Anon]

I don't really know much at all and I need to get started.

Can you help me with setting up a site template or something? this is what I want to do ..
I have my page (trippy.unrealpc.com), and every time I want to make a change to the menu, I have to manually edit each individual html page. I want to be able to go to ONE place, and edit the menu ONCE, and it changes on all the pages. I know it can be done.. I don't know to do it. can someone put it simple for me?

Also.. in addition to this, I want to be able to edit my seperate pages WITHOUT it changing the menu, logo up top, or quicklinks on the side... just the main part.

can all this be done easily by a php beginner like me? ...

I'll ahve more complicated questions later, but I want to get this behind me first.

Thanks.

[Anon]

Put all of your menu code in one file called menu.html. Then just include that file in any page by using the following:

<?php
include ("menu.html");
?>

FYI, there are some good PHP tutorials you might want to look at at www.devshed.com.