Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 04/03/06 15:19

Stephen Kay wrote:
> in article X-WdneyyYJ_QpLLZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@comcast.com, Jerry Stuckle at
> jstucklex@attglobal.net wrote on 4/1/06 10:37 PM:
>
>
>>>I assume this is a no-no, but what are the problems with just leaving it
>>>this way? It seems to be working anyway. Otherwise, I assume the options are
>>>to rewrite every single page to remove this stuff, or to try and remove it
>>>procedurally after reading it into the $content variable.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>
>>Other than:
>>
>>1. It may or may not work in all current browsers,
>>2. It may or may not work in next generation browsers,
>>3. One look at the source (in any browser) shows you are lousy webmaster.
>>
>>Any questions?
>
>
>
> Well, #1 & #2 make sense. #3 I guess might be important for those people
> who have their self-worth tied up in things like that. I mean, that's the
> first thing I do when I go to a site: look at the source and evaluated the
> skill of the programmers. ;-)
>

#3 might also be important if you want more customers. Knowledgeable customers
look at things like that. Or they ask for recommendations from more
knowledgeable people.

So yes, knowledgeable people do look at the source code when looking for
webmasters.

Additionally, techies look at the source to see how a company shows itself to
the outside world. And I would never shop at a company whose so far off the
mark. If they're cutting corners in their marketing, what are they doing on
things I can't see?

>
>
>>And btw - I would never code something like this in the first pace. Virtually
>>impossible to maintain!
>
>
> Which part are you talking about? Having a php template with a header, a
> navbar, and a footer, and then being able to include content somewhere in
> the page?
>
> Or reading pre-existing HTML pages for the content part?
>

Treating pre-existing HTML pages for the content part. I have headers, navbars
and footers as include files. But they don't change - and are included in each
page. Content changes, so I have different pages for each.

> I wouldn't structure it like this either, except the site already exists,
> has probably a hundred existing pages, and used to use a godawful frame set
> arrangement. I'm trying to improve it without rewriting the whole thing or
> cleaning up every single page. But maybe that's the way to go, anyway.
>

I still wouldn't structure it like this. And I wouldn't use frames.

They way you're doing it you'll have to rewrite every page anyway to get rid of
the extra tags.

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