hi everyone. i just joined this thing. i have a question...

i want to make a site that has links on the left, the main text in the middle, and more links on the right. as of now, im using notepad, and im just using the <td> <tr> stuff, and i find it hard because everytime i have a new link, i have to add it in aaaaall the pages.

im sure there's an easier way to go about this, but i really dont know how. :( i tried looking through all the tutorials of the site, but im really still clueless :(:(:(

You can use php or ssi.

SSI:
http://www.lissaexplains.com/html6.shtml

You can also use php:

Put your navigation in one file and call is nav.php or whatever you want and then on your pages add this (you could use div layers):

<?php

include ("nav.php");

?>

and then when you want to add a link, you only have to change one thing.

i was looking at other sites about SSI, and they said that i had to download something to get it to work or something.. is that true?

from what i understood, all i have to do is rename everything with a .shtml extension to get SSI to work, then do everything else it says? :idea:

sorry, im really bad at this. thanks for answering my question!!! :cloud: .

yeah that's basically it. Lissa uses ssi for her site. I've never tried, i went the php way cause i had some scripts i wanted to include.

I guess it depends what you want to do, if you are going to try to add some php script, it's better to go the php way.

That link to lissa's site will give you info on ssi includes and it has a little paragraph on php includes (didn't notice that earlier)

okay, im using geocities, and i tried renaming them to .shtml, but it said i couldnt do that. at least .php worked--so im going to try the .php way.

thanks a bunch, rosey!

i HOPE i wont be asking anymore questions tonight. i'll try my best. youve been a great help :cloud: .

to my knowledge, geocities doesn't support php.

You might want to look into frames then.

ask away, that's what we are here for :)

Geocities doesnt support PHP no, but it does support SSI but dont rename your pages as .shtml, just keep them .html and it should work (go figure eh)

really?!? yay!!! i hope that works!!! :) would you know if freewebs supports ssi as well?

because now, im trying to do frames, which ive done before---and i know it's easy, but for some reason it wont work. im at the brink of pulling all my hair out ;)

time to try ssi again. lol.

when will this eveeeer end?!? :D

http://members.freewebs.com/faqs.jsp

Does FreeWebs Support Server-Side Includes (SSI)?
Yes we support Server-Side Includes free of charge.

i think they mean that you have to download something in order to preview it on your harddrive :) because you can't view the action itself on your harddrive, there's no SSI support there.. on the host there is.. That could be it that they are talking about on that site

Love,
Mirna

i think they mean that you have to download something in order to preview it on your harddrive :) because you can't view the action itself on your harddrive, there's no SSI support there.. on the host there is.. That could be it that they are talking about on that site

Love,
Mirna
You could download and install the Apache server, add support for SSI and then test your pages there.

For apache, visit:
http://httpd.apache.org