Posted by chris on 12/10/05 05:52

Willing to learn what i need to. it sounds like PHP is the way to go.

Chris
"JDS" <jeffrey@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.12.09.16.29.19.582095@example.invalid...
> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:03:27 -0500, chris wrote:
>
>> I am trying to us a table with the menu on the left side. which will be
>> the
>> same on all pages. I don't know anything about php. what's the best way
>> and
>> easiest way to do my menu any more help would be appreciated
>
> The "best way" is not necessarily the same as the "easiest way"
>
> The simplest description of what you need to do is:
>
> 1) create an HTML template that has your menu on the left and a big blank
> space where the content goes
>
> 2) include the content pages into the blank space based on server requests
>
> PHP is probably going to be your most recommended solution for this
> problem.
>
> Don't know anything about PHP? You are gonna havta learn, then. Don't
> want to learn? Well, then, we can't help you.
>
> BTW, you don't have to use PHP. Any server-side HTML preprocessing
> language will do. SSI has been mentioned in this thread, and it will do
> the trick as well. So will ASP.
>
> If you don't want to deal with server side stuff, there are some
> client-side website management tools that will let you do what you need
> to. for example, CityDesk:
>
> http://www.fogcreek.com/CityDesk/index.html
>
>
>
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