Need help creating a template

psyline

This is the site I created a couple years back, and am working to revamp into PHP or some language where I can call in the content of each page into a surrounding template, so that I can make changes to the header, footer, and nav, without having to change it in 160 other pages.

I have created the basic PHP template here: http://www.ucsf.edu/cnba/Center/template_new.php

How does this work where I only make one change to the CSS and surrounding areas??

I need how to know make this dynamic (?) so that the content tables can be called or put in the middle.

Can anyone guide me in this?

Here is the real site that I am converting from html to php: http://www.ucsf.edu/cnba/Center

Thanks.

ElectricRain

It sounds like all you need is php includes.. so.. youd start with your index or main template page, and that contains your sidebar and top banner thingy... and then in that you just write

<?php
if($_GET['p']=="page1"){
      include("page1.php");
} 
else if($_GET['p']=="page2"){
     include("page2.php");
} 
else if($_GET['p']=="page3"){
     include("page3.php");
} 
else {
     include("default.php");
} 
?>

err.. your includes can be html or htm files or whatever you like, those dont haveto be php, only the main index page has to be php. All the includes are is the changable text, no banner or anything. Ohh yes and then instead of going to page1.php to view page one youd go to index.php?p=page1 and that should work. If you just type index.php with no p= bit, the default include will be included so thatd be a good one to put your home page text on. Is this the kinda thing you had in mind?

psyline

Hi,

Thank you for the reply. I think I almost have it.

Here is the big issue for me. I included the code in the template here:

http://www.ucsf.edu/cnba/Center/index.php

I am not seeing the research2.php or htm files call into place properly. Is there something I'm missing? Is there something I need to add to the called page (i.e. research2.php)?

I also tried it here, but dont see it calling into place.

http://www.ucsf.edu/cnba/Center/index.php?p=research2.php

Here is the table I am trying to call into the index center table:

http://www.ucsf.edu/cnba/Center/research2.php

Thanks,
Adam

ElectricRain

Id really haveto see what ya code is to say what youre doin wrong hun. I cant tell just from lookin at the pages.

psyline

After stepping away for a minute, the big picture question is...

If I do it the way I am trying, by putting the code you mentioned into place in my index, I still have to create 160 pages that are still the index, so I'm in the same spot.

What I am trying to do is create one index page, and convert the other pages that currently all include a banner nav footer, to a simple table with content. I want to call these content tables into the new index. At the moment I have one index page that has the banner etc, and I've put your code in where I want the new page, call it research2.php into.

How do I have just one index, and call when a link is clicked, that the research2 or any other page is called up, so that these pages aren't dependent on having the banner, etc?

If I create this page, I still have to create 160 pages like it.

http://www.ucsf.edu/cnba/Center/index.php?p=research2.php

This is the table I am calling into in my index:

              <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=10 width="100%" border=0>
                <TBODY>
                  <TR> 
                    <TD vAlign=top class=headline> <DIV align=center> 
                        <h2>&nbsp;</h2>
                      </DIV>

<?php
if($GET['p']=="page1"){
include("research2.php");
}
else if($GET['p']=="page2"){
include("research2.htm");
}
else if($_GET['p']=="page3"){
include("page3.php");
}
else {
include("default.php");
}
?></TD>
</TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>

I'm miissing something big, and doing my best to explain it.

Your help is much appreciated.

Adam

ElectricRain

ok so the reason it isnt working, is that youre saying

if($_GET['p']=="page1"){
include("research2.php");
}

and then youre making the call to index.php?p=research2

but if you look at this code, p is equal to page1 not research2. so what ya need to do is call index.php?p=page1

Err.. you seem to be saying that you want to call just a table into your index page yes? So on your includes you write just a table. So each include would look something like

<h1>Research 2</h1>

<table><tr><td> 
Research 2 info 
</td></tr></table>

and thatd be saved as research2.php. or whatever. ya get where im coming from?