centrally stored menu

[henkroos]

Hi there,

I'm looking for a way to centrally store and maintain a website navigation menu. The idea is that I can edit the menu without having to edit all the pages of my website. I use a vertical (css) dropdown menu.

Is this possible? And how do I do this?

Gr. Henk

[Nile]

Does your host support PHP? To find out if they do, make a new file called "test.php" on your website. Inside that file, put the following code:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Then link me to the page.

Good luck.

[henkroos]

Hi Nile,

My host does support php. You can see that on www.qstitch.nl/test.php
Hope you can help me?

Gr. Henk

[Nile]

Ok, make a file called .htaccess, and put this code in it:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

Then, make a file called menu.php. Place your menu links in that file(example

<a href="Home.html">Home</a>

Then, on ever page, replace your navigation bar with:

<?php
require('menu.php');
?>

That should work, tell me if it doesn't. (You'll be able to change menu.php to what ever you want your menu to be, and it SHOULD effect all teh pages.)

[henkroos]

Hi Nile,

Thank's for the help. I'm going to try it and let you know how it went.
The first file I have to name .htacces? Do I need to put anything before the dot?

Gr. Henk

[henkroos]

Hi Nile,

I tried it but it does not seem to work.
What did I do wrong?

http://www.qstitch.nl/tijdelijk/menu.php
http://www.qstitch.nl/tijdelijk/.htaccess
http://www.qstitch.nl/tijdelijk/home.html
http://www.qstitch.nl/tijdelijk/borduren_algemeen.html
http://www.qstitch.nl/tijdelijk/bestellen.html

Gr. Henk

[Nile]

Hmmm, in your .htaccess remove the current code, and add:

RemoveHandler .html .htm
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html

if that doesn't work, try:

AddType php5-cgi htm html

Good luck!

[henkroos]

Nile,

I've tried them both but no succes. Maybe it is because of the way the menu is built?
Partially css and partially script. A piece of the script is in the external stylesheet and
the rest is in the html document.

Or is it because the menu html is in an <UL>?

http://www.qstitch.nl/tijdelijk/qstitch.css


Gr. Henk

[Nile]

No, it is not the way the menu is built.

Ok, I know for sure this will work:
Change all the files from .html to .php.

Haha, good luck!

[henkroos]

Nile,

It works like a charm. Thank's a million.
Do you have any preference on wich code I put in the .htaccess file?
Or is there no difference what so ever? I've tried them all and they all
seem to be working fine now?

Gr. Henk