Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

[Meanderer]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

Use it for footers too. They don't float as such, but as you are building each page, just adjust your page length in the " page properties" and reposition (drag) the HTML box containing the footer, to the bottom of the page.
Tip: When you design your base page using this method, make sure you size the footer' html box to fit hard against left side of page. That way it's only a matter of sliding the box down the left edge when constructing a new page. Also, make sure after you have moved any elements (should only need to move footer), recheck your page width iin the properties. You could have slipped over a little and width will stay at the max width element caused during the move.
Rick

[therecipelist.com]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

I used this to design my menubar for every page and it worked great, however, my background is now white instead of green like it originally was on my index page. Do you know what would cause this? Am I supposed to make the background on the menu.php transparent, and how do I do that?

[navaldesign]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

Simply do NOT set any background in your menu.php page

[Paulinor]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

I've received the following error message when opening my site

http://www.futurosobmedida.com/

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in /home/eynbvrar/public_html/myheader.php on line 18

I've been working with BV for a month now - had all pages published as html with no problem but decided to change them to php to enable single menu as per Naval instructions. Used the same process for the header and text menu. Now only the error message and the title of the article are visible - no sign of menu bar, text menu or the content of the page. I've been learning BV as I build the site - easier to see what works (or doesn't!). Watched the tutorials endless times and spent hours going through the forums looking for answers but without luck. Time to cry for help, I guess.

Thanks,

Rosa

[navaldesign]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

It is obvious tha there is a mistake in the myheader page code.
Please post here the code in your "myheader" start of page

[Paulinor]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

The code I used for header in all pages was: <? function myheader() { ?>

I've deleted the menu/header/textmenu codes from the index page. ( That's what I got from your reply to WSBlue : "In your index page the menu doesn't show because it retrieves the html page (you need to delete it) and not the php. However, you also have made some other mistake because you have inserted the menu code in that page too"). Now the index page shows up but the problem continues in the others. Should I include the codes in the index.php page as well?

Thanks,

[Paulinor]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

I reviewed all codes - they were correct. So I went radical: deleted everything and copied and pasted all over again. It works beautifully now. Thanks a lot.

Rosa

[Collectors-info]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

Hi, I believe Naval posted a thread quite a wile back showing a way to link to the other php files in another folder/directory that would make the total page up. This was to save you having to place a (for argument sake) a php menu file in each of the sites folders/directory's.
Or am I imagining this.?????????????? "Naval!"

[navaldesign]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

Hi Chris,

no, you have not imagined it.

Here is the code:

<?
$file_to_include = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/include_path/menu.php";
include($file_to_include);
menu();
?>

This is the same code, but two additions:

1. $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] is ONE OF THE VALUES OF THE $_SERVER superglobal, that corresponds to /home/username/public_html/file_folder where file_folder is the folder that is calling the menu.php . Instead, include_path would be, the folder where you have published your file that needs to be included (menu.php)

If you have (as most of us) published the menu.php in your public_html (or, in case of addon, in the domain root directory), the voice "include_path" should be left out, and the command would become:

<?
$file_to_include = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/menu.php";
include($file_to_include);
menu();
?>

What i would like to point out here is that the code i have presented here, requires the menu (or other) to be defined as a function. The code in the pages calls the script, then it uses the command

menu();

to "display" the menu itself.

The reason i did so is that, with a minimum of php experience, the user can pass over to the included file, some parametrs and then call the function with

menu($par1, $par2, $par3, .....) . This way you can have a menu that behaves (read: displays) differently depending on the parametres passed over.

If you don't need this type of performance, the menu, header, etc, CAN BE SIMPLE BLUEVODA HTML PAGES, WITHOUT ANY CODE ADDED IN THE START OF PAGE AND END OF PAGE and ONLY THE CALLING PAGE NEEDS TO BE PHP.

In that case, the command could be simply


<?
include('menu.html');
?>



<?
$file_to_include = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/include_path/menu.html";
include($file_to_include);
?>

Please note that if your menu has buttons (images) you MUST set the relative path to these images or they will not display,

This is the reason i suggest that if you have this method for pages in different folders, it would be wise to publish the included page in all folders

[Collectors-info]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

Hi, i maybe doing something daft here? But it wont bring any images across from the root directory. This page is the only one in the new directory & links on the page will go back to the public_html area to show the working pages. So don't be confused as this works fine. Any ideas?

PS, i may also have this part wrong? But if you use the BV logo tool, it seems to be missing something, as when i tried this on the header, it seemed to be distorted in the new/remote directory, as if a file was missing that load the image.

[navaldesign]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

No, you are correct. If the images used in the menu page are (as the menu page itself) in different folder, the images MUST be provided in the BV page, as absolute URLs. So, when you want to insert in your BV page an image, let's call it "logo.jpg", you should provide also the absolute URL for it instead of simply showing the pah in your local computer.

Usually, pages built by pros, have all images uploaded in a folder of their own, and retrieved from there. So in the BV page, you should provide the image source as http://www.yourdomain.com/images/logo.jpg The same problem (even greater in fact) exists also for the classic BV menus, where buttons are images.

As you see, that might be a bit complicated, and that is why i have suggested that the easier way, at least for the average user, is to publish the menu in those two or three folders that he might have.

[Collectors-info]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

No, you are correct. If the images used in the menu page are (as the menu page itself) in different folder, the images MUST be provided in the BV page, as absolute URLs. So, when you want to insert in your BV page an image, let's call it "logo.jpg", you should provide also the absolute URL for it instead of simply showing the pah in your local computer.

Usually, pages built by pros, have all images uploaded in a folder of their own, and retrieved from there. So in the BV page, you should provide the image source as http://www.yourdomain.com/images/logo.jpg The same problem (even greater in fact) exists also for the classic BV menus, where buttons are images.

As you see, that might be a bit complicated, and that is why i have suggested that the easier way, at least for the average user, is to publish the menu in those two or three folders that he might have.

I thought it might be this. But also thought i might be missing something. Dont feel so daft now. lol

Cheers George.

[ofirbeigel]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

A question about the meta tags using this system.
is it ok if I have meta tags on the page where the menu.php HTML code is pasted (not on the menu.php file itslef) ?
or do I need to have no meta tags whatsoever on pages that include the menu.php html code ?

[navaldesign]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

Yes, it is ok to have all the necessary tags in the main page

[trebzky]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

I think the easiest way is to copy and paste the menu from your main page in every page you make if you want to use the same menu....i tried it and works fine. Just lock the menu so when you paste it to other pages it will reside exactly at the same place in the new page and locked as well.