Adding Products to website / Database HELP ME!

[SparxXx]

Easily changing the navigation bar, without doing it to every page! Help me

Hi there guys,

Im just new to these forums.. But I have made websites for a while.. Im only 16.. Now this is the website... homepage.. just so you guys know what im talking about.

http://www.freewebs.com/nzgametrader/index.htm

Now on the left can you see the products?? I want to make it easier to add more pages etc. I have done it a REAL long way.. and I know theres easier ways!! Can somebody give me some info? I have microsoft acess.. and frontpage.. but acess looks hard and I wud rather not use that unless I HAVE to!

I want to add more items to the navigation bar. By just typing it on lets say the index.htm page. and then it will change all of them for me. I know this can be done.

Thanks alot
Sparky

 

[Klaas Koopman]

this can easily be done, just search on GOOGLE for php include! it's a really easy to use code! i use it everywhere on my sites like www.webmasterspalace.com, the left menu, the banners, all the menu's actually!

 

[fish]

A simple PHP include would allow you to do this easily.

 

[Klaas Koopman]

A simple PHP include would allow you to do this easily.

ehm that's what I said? lol. perhaps you could show him a site that explains it all! i'm a bit tired to look for it!

 

[unknowngiver]

k

cut the NAV BAR code and paste it in a new file
name it navbar.txt

now in your page..where the navbar is suppose to be
add
<?PHP
include('navbar.txt');
?>

Notice: for this to work you MUST change ur file extension to .PHP

 

[bl124]

you cannot run any php... or any sort of databases on FreeWebs

 

[SparxXx]

Oh okay, Im trying to do that php include but it is not working?? do you have a website or something that has info on this and could help me out a bit? Im using microsoft frontpage if that helps? I have deleted the menu bar, and then copy the script and saved as navbar.txt. but then the php isnt working?? :S

Also, I am not using freewebs at the moment, just trying to view it through frontpage preview. But not working?? I have anther server which i am going to upload it to

 

[barefoottech]

Best advice I can give ,
1/ Only use your new Hosting Service and Forget FreeWebs
2/ Forget using FrontPage for PHP coding
3/ Find on Google or Yahoo ,info on using a PHP Based CMS like Mambo,Post-Nuke,Phpnuke, typo3 or Whatever else is available
4/ Most of the above CMS packages are available already on most hosting services or can be installed easily
5/ Coding your web-site then will be easier

 

[SparxXx]

There must be a way in frontpage or something that I can make the menu be edited by just opening the notepad.txt file?? How do I use the add
<?PHP
include('navbar.txt');
?>

Thanks
Sparky

 

[nasaboy007]

i wud suggest get a new free host that supports php (like www.t35.com) and then try to learn php. here's a link where you can learn about php include command (what they were talking about) http://us2.php.net/include/