about the php menu

[larazovich]

I need a a couple of points clarified about the php menu thing from Naval.

I have the menu bar made, and the page made, and I want to include it on lots of pages. So I follow the directions for placement, etc.

So, now, do I understand correctly that I have to define and publish that page as php page?

And, if so, then when I am making a link to it, the URL would end in .php, and NOT .html, right?

Thanks for clearing this up for me.

[Collectors-info]

Re: about the php menu

Hi, publish all pages as .php. The one the menu is on & the page that the menu will land on.
Correct on the changing all the links from html to php.

Also remember this will not work across different directories/folders. So if you want the menu to open on pages in a different directory that you publish to, don’t forget to publish the menu to that directory as well.



Good luck.

[navaldesign]

Re: about the php menu

Also remember this will not work across different directories/folders.

Oh yes, it WILL work. But, to make sure that the links will work through folders, the include command should be modified in

include('/home/username/public_html/menu.php');

There are other ways to link through folders, but they are different depending on the folder level. so i prefer this one.

[larazovich]

Re: about the php menu

Oh yes, it WILL work. But, to make sure that the links will work through folders, the include command should be modified in

include('/home/username/public_html/menu.php');

There are other ways to link through folders, but they are different depending on the folder lavel. so i prefer this one.

Thanks to both of you for your responses.
Sorry to be so dim, but does this mean that instead of putting in the html box

<?php
include("menu.php");
menu();
?>

I should put

<?php
include('/home/username/public_html/menu.php');
?>

and if so,
so you mean the actual word home
or do you mean the name of my website?(www.name of site.com)

jeesh I feel so thick-skulled..

thanks again..

[navaldesign]

Re: about the php menu

1. Yes
2. The actual word home.
3. replace username with your actual username

[larazovich]

Re: about the php menu

Thank You George.
You are wonderful.

[Collectors-info]

Re: about the php menu

Ah! Nice one Naval.
Have I got this right? assuming I have the .php page with the menu on, published to the public_html directory. I would just place the codes below in the page html box according to the directory that a page is in?

<?php
include('/home/myusername/public_html/dir1.menu.php');
?>

<?php
include('/home/myusername/public_html/dir2.menu.php');
?>

<?php
include('/home/myusername/public_html/dir3.menu.php');
?>

[larazovich]

Re: about the php menu

Good one Chris..
Man, you guys are great.

[navaldesign]

Re: about the php menu

<?php
include('/home/myusername/public_html/dir1.menu.php');

????? Sorry Chris, what does dir1.menu.php stand for?
You simply make it:

<?php
include('/home/myusername/public_html/menu.php');
?>

The directory where the specific page (the main pages, not the menu one) is, is not important. You simply call it from "public_html".

[Collectors-info]

Re: about the php menu

Arh! Got it. So it’s actually its got similarities (in my mind) to the old iframe method, but just calling for a .php page.
Presumably if I wanted keep things tidy & wanted to place all my templates/menu’s/ that I may wish to call up in a directory called “dir1” then I could use the code below on my target page.

<?php
include('/home/myusername/public_html/dir1.menu.php');
?>



Thank you.

[navaldesign]

Re: about the php menu

If you place all your menus and templates in a directory called "dir1" call them from whatever page, located in whatever folder, the command should be

<?php
include('/home/myusername/public_html/dir1/menu.php');
?>

a " / " after dir1, not a dot "."

[Collectors-info]

Re: about the php menu

Whoops! Should of seen that part. This will save even more time. Am working on a flash presentation to show all this working. Will let you view it 1st for a check up.

Thanks again.