Forum Sponsor (Advertise with us)

#1 (permalink)   01-27-2009 KAElliott Contributing Member Company name: Magic Satchel http://magicsatchel.com/blog/: Where are all the new posts? My latest Twitter: just signing up for this here .....twitter?   Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Copiague, NY Posts: 118 Sitewide Navigation Bar Help? Hey! I am relatively new to website maintenance, and I am adding a navigation bar to every page of a site. Is there an easy way to do this? Should I rework every button and upload it to the FTP? Do I have to change every page individually or is there a way to update each page's navigation sidebar on one page? Thanks in advance!

#2 (permalink)   01-28-2009 ChristinaVOS Active Member Company name: VOSTeam/Business Darlings/VAIntern Business Darlings: Tips to Transition Clients From Hourly Rates to Pr... My latest Twitter: RT @VAConfessions: VAConfessions will now post all...   Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 833 Re: Sitewide Navigation Bar Help? Totally depends on the template. I can take a look at it for you (free, of course) and let you know. Just PM me the link to the site. __________________ ~Christina-Business Darlings-Magazine for Virtual Business Owners

#3 (permalink)   01-28-2009 KAElliott Contributing Member Company name: Magic Satchel http://magicsatchel.com/blog/: Where are all the new posts? My latest Twitter: just signing up for this here .....twitter?   Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Copiague, NY Posts: 118 Re: Sitewide Navigation Bar Help? Originally Posted by ChristinaVOS Totally depends on the template. I can take a look at it for you (free, of course) and let you know. Just PM me the link to the site. Thanks, PM forthcoming! Although the client has now expressed a desire to use just a button, I'd like to know for future reference, so thanks!

#4 (permalink)   02-01-2009 Jacee New Member Company name: JaCee Designs   Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Herriman, UT Posts: 5 Re: Sitewide Navigation Bar Help? The best way is to design your navigation then put it into a server-side include file (with the ending .shtml). There are different ways to do that depending on the software you're using to create your web pages. I use Dreamweaver CS3 and all I have to do is click on "Insert/server-side include", choose the navigation file from the pop-up file list (navigation.shtml) and that's it. Since the navigation file name never changes, you just change the buttons and/or links in the nav file and re-upload it whenever you change it, and it's automatically changed on every page.