Attach HTML pages together

Posted: Sat May 03, 2003 7:46 am (20 years, 11 months ago)

Can someone tell me how to attach html pages together?
is there some sort of JS or DHTML for it???

I want to attach header.htm to index.htm??

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Attach as in what? Load index.htm and have it include header.htm? As far as I know, the best way to do that is SSI (Server Side Includes) or PHP.

Senior WebHelper Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Posts: 153

Do you want to put header.htm at the top of index.htm and you dont mind frames you could use an Inline Frame. Example,

Code:

You would need to change the height and width but might work for what you are trying to do. If you want the frame to be at the very top just put the code at the top of the body section in index.htm. You might also need to add marginheight="0" to the body tag.

Posted: Sun May 04, 2003 1:41 am (20 years, 11 months ago)

If you only know HTML and aren't ready to learn enough to work a little bit with some new tags or languages, then the easiest way might just be to use an HTML frameset, and there are tons of tutorials on the Web you can find to show you how that's done. Smile

Both SSI (which Daniel mentioned) and framesets have been used for a long time, and have good browser support. However, iframes (which Kdawg mentioned) are browser-dependent, or in other words, won't work in all browsers, so may not work for you, depending on which browsers you want to support.

SSI and PHP are server-dependent, so you'll have to find out if your host supports them. PHP includes are extremely easy, and in most cases much easier than HTML framesets once you've learned the basics of PHP, which isn't too hard really. Check some of this site's tutorials for a quick intro to PHP or just to check it out. They might easily be all you need to get going. Wink

A Couple of 4WH PHP Starter Tutorials:
What Is PHP?

The Basics

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

verto, just one thing: SSI doesn't need "good browser support", since it's server-side Wink

Other than that, a very helpful post Very Happy

Posted: Sun May 04, 2003 6:45 pm (20 years, 11 months ago)

ha, you caught me there, Daniel, thank you. Smile

I guess you could almost say that SSI has 'perfect browser support,' much like PHP and other back-end stuff, if it weren't for that 'pesky' Lynx browser some folks still use Shocked

(jk).

Now we just have to wait for t94xr.net.nz to post that (s)he already found out how to make hyperlinks on another site, eh? Smile

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Knowing t94xr.net.nz from another forum, and as a phpBB I'm kind of puzzled as to why (s)he posted this in the first place - seems like (s)he would already know how about PHP and things like that... Question

Posted: Sun May 04, 2003 10:08 pm (20 years, 11 months ago)

Daniel wrote:

Knowing t94xr.net.nz from another forum, and as a phpBB

t94xr.net.nz is a message board eh! Wink

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Yes, it is, but I know him/her from somewhere else Razz

Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 1:55 am (20 years, 11 months ago)

SfCommand wrote:

t94xr.net.nz is a message board eh! Wink

They also seem to be one of those 'rambling' type posters that sow their 'wild seed' and never look back. Rolling Eyes

A bit disappointing to see them ignore this thread and our replies, but then go posting in a different thread on 4WH. Laughing

Senior WebHelper Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Posts: 153

Ya framesets would be more browser complient but I think that iframes are eaiser. iframes work in NS and IE, those are the only two browsers I care about.

Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 3:03 am (20 years, 11 months ago)

Uh, huh, iframes are a little less code than frames, though PHP would be even less. ;0

Which versions of NS and IE do iframes, d'ya know? Pretty sure NN4 doesn't, which they prolly don't care, but how about NS 6?

Senior WebHelper Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Posts: 153

I know NS6 does.

Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 10:02 am (20 years, 11 months ago)

And of course (being superior Very Happy

) mozilla also supports iframes Smile

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

verto wrote:

A bit disappointing to see them ignore this thread and our replies, but then go posting in a different thread on 4WH. Laughing

t94xr.net.nz's last post, before this one, was on March 5th... Question