When you have multiple pages on your site, it can be a bit tedious to have to edit the navigation menu on each page, when you update your site.

Historically I've just used one HTML file with the navigation menu calling it something like, "navi-menu.htm" and then calling it in each other page with the line of code:

HTML Code:

<!--webbot bot="Include" U-Include="/navi-menu.htm" TAG="BODY" -->

That way, if I ever want to change the navigation menu options I only have to do it once, rather than changing every html file on the site.

This works great if you have everything in the root folder on your server. However, I've had problems with it when I start adding folders from the root folder and then sub-folders within those folders. I find it doesn't always find the navi-menu.htm file.

So my questions is: Does any one know of another way of achieving the same thing - using either HTML or Javascript?

Many thanks,

Jason

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Hi Jason,

I have used a php include to do this. You use just one file where your menu resides, and a short snippet of php to include it on your site.

Not sure since it isn't javascript if you're interested.

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Jules, SunRise Virtual Solutions - WordPress Customization & XHTML/CSS Web Sites

Thanks Jules for your suggestion. However, I'm not familiar with php. I'm sure I could get a php navigation menu source code from a php library online somewhere and have a play around with it. Do you know any good sources?

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Originally Posted by forwardvision

Thanks Jules for your suggestion. However, I'm not familiar with php. I'm sure I could get a php navigation menu source code from a php library online somewhere and have a play around with it. Do you know any good sources?

These might help to get you started:
http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_includes.asp
http://allyourtech.com/content/artic...t_know_php.php

The beauty of using php over JavaScript is that some folks don't have JavaScript enabled, whereas php is server side, so no worries about that.

You can still use CSS to style and position the menu, etc.

Have fun!

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Jules, SunRise Virtual Solutions - WordPress Customization & XHTML/CSS Web Sites

Thanks Jules, I'll take a look at those links in the morning.

Regards,

Jason

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