how to reference an html page from another html page

I am new to html programming. I have created a web with 17 different pages.
On each page is a button menu which allow the user to switch to another page
without returning to the home page . The button menu is 40 lines long.
What I would like to do is make a new file "ButtonSub.html " which the
button menu code. I would then remove all of the button codes from each
form . Instead , I would insert a statement that would call ButtonSub.html
to create the button menu on each html.page

Clear as mud???.

Chuck [Sbc) wrote:

I am new to html programming. I have created a web with 17 different pages.
On each page is a button menu which allow the user to switch to another page
without returning to the home page . The button menu is 40 lines long.
What I would like to do is make a new file "ButtonSub.html " which the
button menu code. I would then remove all of the button codes from each
form . Instead , I would insert a statement that would call ButtonSub.html
to create the button menu on each html.page

Clear as mud???.

You can do that with a server-side include using PHP or other
technology. That's assuming your Web site's server provides PHP. This
is how I include the same menu on all pages on my site:

<div id="doc_header">
<!-- start menu HTML import-->
<?php include("./styles/menu.txt"); ?>
<!-- END menu HTML import-->
</div>

I use similar markup to put the same footer on each page.

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Ed
I tried but I don't understand what I am to put in ("/styles/menu.txt") My
menu is contained in "ButtonSub.html"
"Ed Mullen" <ed (AT) edmullen (DOT) net> wrote

Chuck [Sbc) wrote:
I am new to html programming. I have created a web with 17 different
pages. On each page is a button menu which allow the user to switch to
another page without returning to the home page . The button menu is 40
lines long. What I would like to do is make a new file "ButtonSub.html "
which the button menu code. I would then remove all of the button codes
from each form . Instead , I would insert a statement that would call
ButtonSub.html to create the button menu on each html.page

Clear as mud???.

You can do that with a server-side include using PHP or other technology.
That's assuming your Web site's server provides PHP. This is how I
include the same menu on all pages on my site:

div id="doc_header"
!-- start menu HTML import--
?php include("./styles/menu.txt"); ?
!-- END menu HTML import--
/div

I use similar markup to put the same footer on each page.

--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
If man evolved from apes why do we still have apes?

Chuck [Sbc) wrote:

Ed
I tried but I don't understand what I am to put in ("/styles/menu.txt") My
menu is contained in "ButtonSub.html"

Then Google is your friend:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...oogle+S earch
php includes tutorial - Google Search

--
Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Chuck [Sbc) wrote:

Ed
I tried but I don't understand what I am to put in ("/styles/menu.txt") My
menu is contained in "ButtonSub.html"
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Chuck [Sbc) wrote:
I am new to html programming. I have created a web with 17 different
pages. On each page is a button menu which allow the user to switch to
another page without returning to the home page . The button menu is 40
lines long. What I would like to do is make a new file "ButtonSub.html "
which the button menu code. I would then remove all of the button codes
from each form . Instead , I would insert a statement that would call
ButtonSub.html to create the button menu on each html.page

Clear as mud???.
You can do that with a server-side include using PHP or other technology.
That's assuming your Web site's server provides PHP. This is how I
include the same menu on all pages on my site:

div id="doc_header"
!-- start menu HTML import--
?php include("./styles/menu.txt"); ?
!-- END menu HTML import--
/div

I use similar markup to put the same footer on each page.

--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
If man evolved from apes why do we still have apes?

Essentially, substitute your filename for mine. The file should contain
the HTML code for your menu system. If you don't need the div
statements and comments, don't use them. So, the bare-bones code would be:

!-- start menu HTML import--
?php include("./yourpath/ButtonSub.html"); ?
!-- END menu HTML import--

--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?

Ed Mullen wrote:

Chuck [Sbc) wrote:
Ed
I tried but I don't understand what I am to put in
("/styles/menu.txt") My menu is contained in "ButtonSub.html"
"Ed Mullen" <ed (AT) edmullen (DOT) net> wrote in message
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Chuck [Sbc) wrote:
I am new to html programming. I have created a web with 17
different pages. On each page is a button menu which allow the user
to switch to another page without returning to the home page . The
button menu is 40 lines long. What I would like to do is make a new
file "ButtonSub.html " which the button menu code. I would then
remove all of the button codes from each form . Instead , I would
insert a statement that would call ButtonSub.html to create the
button menu on each html.page

Clear as mud???.
You can do that with a server-side include using PHP or other
technology. That's assuming your Web site's server provides PHP.
This is how I include the same menu on all pages on my site:

div id="doc_header"
!-- start menu HTML import--
?php include("./styles/menu.txt"); ?
!-- END menu HTML import--
/div

I use similar markup to put the same footer on each page.

--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
If man evolved from apes why do we still have apes?



Essentially, substitute your filename for mine. The file should contain
the HTML code for your menu system. If you don't need the div
statements and comments, don't use them. So, the bare-bones code would be:

!-- start menu HTML import--
?php include("./yourpath/ButtonSub.html"); ?
!-- END menu HTML import--

To expand, the contents of the ButtonSub.html file will be taken by the
PHP and inserted on the fly by your server. So, if you go to a page and
use the View Source command you won't see the include statement, you
will see the code from ButtonSub.html as though it were hard-coded into
each html document. In my case, 142 lines of code for the menu system
do not exist in each page file: They are inserted by the server on the
fly by that single PHP "include" statement in each page file. Kay?

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Jonathan
Thanks - your suggested site was perfect. I made changes to all my pages
(17) and the master menu file in just over 3 hours.
I reduced my file storage by 65%.
Thanks Again
Chuck


"Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art (AT) central (DOT) net> wrote

Chuck [Sbc) wrote:
Ed
I tried but I don't understand what I am to put in ("/styles/menu.txt")
My menu is contained in "ButtonSub.html"

Then Google is your friend:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...oogle+S earch
php includes tutorial - Google Search

--
Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

I don't know "Please don't top-post"
Elucidate
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"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous (AT) example (DOT) invalid> wrote

Chuck [Sbc) wrote:

I tried but I don't understand what I am to put in ("/styles/menu.txt")
My
menu is contained in "ButtonSub.html"

div id="doc_header"
!-- start menu HTML import--
?php include("./path/to/ButtonSub.html"); ?
!-- END menu HTML import--
/div

A URL for your site would help with any further answers.

Please don't top-post.

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Chuck [Sbc) wrote:

I don't know "Please don't top-post"

Don't POST on TOP of what you're responding to.


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I'm new to this Group stuff...
I have no idea what the heck you are talking about.
what does > Don't POST on TOP of what you're responding to. < mean???

"Blinky the Shark" <no.spam (AT) box (DOT) invalid> wrote

Chuck [Sbc) wrote:

I don't know "Please don't top-post"

Don't POST on TOP of what you're responding to.


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